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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

ROBERTO GOMEZ, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-1239 FCD EFB P

vs.

M. MUNTZ, 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,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Cook County Superior Court in Illinois, but is confined

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County. Although the United States District Court

in the Central District of California 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). 

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Therefore, this court defers ruling on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and transfers this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of

Illinois, Eastern Division. 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

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

Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

DATED: July 2, 2007.

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