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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

DONALD R. JACKSON,

Petitioner, No. 2:12-cv-3070 EFB P

vs.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

However, petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, but is confined at

California State Prison Solano. 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 takes no action on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and transfers this action to the United States District Court for the Central District of

California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c); 1404(a).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States District

Court for the Central District of California. 

Dated: January 3, 2013. 

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