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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVAN P. GALVAN, Civil No. 15cv1922-GPC (JLB)

Petitioner,

ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION

TO UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE CENTRAL

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,

EASTERN DIVISION

vs.

M.D. BITER, Warden,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Petitioner challenges a conviction from the Riverside County Superior Court. In accordance

with the practice of district courts in California, the Court transfers the Petition to the United

States District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division. The Court does not

rule on Petitioner’s in forma pauperis request.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 may be filed in the

United States District Court of the judicial district in which the petitioner is presently confined

or the judicial district in which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d);

Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 497 (1973). Petitioner here attacks a

conviction suffered in the Riverside County Superior Court. (Pet. at 1.) That court is located

within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States District Court for the Central District

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of California, Eastern Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1). Petitioner is presently confined at

Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, which is within the jurisdictional boundaries of

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Thus, jurisdiction over the Petition lies Central and Eastern Districts of California.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, this Court may transfer this proceeding to a district with

proper jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). It is generally the practice of the district courts

in California to transfer habeas actions challenging a state conviction to the district in which a

petitioner was convicted. Any and all records, witnesses and evidence necessary for the

resolution of a petitioner’s contentions are more readily available in that district. See Braden,

410 U.S. at 497, 499 n.15; Laue v. Nelson, 279 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). In this case,

that district is the Central District of California, Eastern Division. Therefore, in the furtherance

of justice,

IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court transfer this matter to the United States

District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court serve a copy of this Order

upon Petitioner and upon the California Attorney General.

DATED: September 1, 2015

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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