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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

ERIC WILTON BURTON,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-2176 FCD DAD P

vs.

KEN CLARK, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

Petitioner is confined within the Fresno Division of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. His habeas petition attacks a judgment of conviction

entered in the San Diego County Superior Court in El Cajon. While both this Court and the

United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, any

and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s habeas petition are

more readily available in San Diego County. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Braden v. 30th Judicial

Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 499 n.15 (1973). In the furtherance of justice, this action will be

transferred to the district where petitioner was convicted.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the

United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

DATED: October 12, 2006.

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