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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

CARLOS H. MARTINEZ,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0322 DFL EFB P

vs.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel challenging a state court’s judgment of

conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

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

Avenal State Prison in Kings 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). 

The court finds that it is in the interest of justice to transfer this action to the Western

Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 

§§ 84(c)(2); 1404(a).

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the Western Division of the

United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Dated: February 23, 2007.

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