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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

RODNEY LYDELL TILLIS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-11-1362 EFB P

vs.

ANTHONY HEDGPETH,

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 San Diego Superior Court, but is confined in Salinas

Valley State Prison in Monterey County. 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). 

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

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

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

Court for the Southern District of California.

DATED: May 24, 2011.

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