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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

ANTHONY DRIVER,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-10-1303 DAD P

vs.

MIKE McDONALD, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma

pauperis. 

Through his application for habeas relief petitioner seeks to challenge a judgment

of conviction entered against him by the Alameda County Superior Court. While both this Court

and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have

jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all

witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily

available in Alameda County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis; and

2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern

District of California. 

DATED: June 4, 2010.

DAD:md

driv1303.108

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