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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

LINDSAY JOHN MAX,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-2422 LKK EFB P

vs.

SUZANNE HUBBARD, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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

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

threshold question arises as to in which district this action should proceed.

Petitioner was convicted in the San Bernardino County and is currently confined at the

California Medical Facility, which is located in the Solano 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 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 

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California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c)(1); 1404(a).

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

Court for the Central District of California.

DATED: November 27, 2007.

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