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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW G. JENNINGS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-09-3438 MCE EFB P

vs.

M. MARTELL,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See 28

U.S.C. § 2254. However, petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, but is confined in

Ione, California. Although this court and the United States District Court in the district where

petitioner was convicted both have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410

U.S. 484, 499-500 (1973), witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s

application are more readily available in the county of conviction, id. at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241(d). 

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Therefore, the court transfers this action to the United States District Court for the

Northern District of California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(a); 1404(a).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the Northern District of

California. 

DATED: January 14, 2010.

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