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Parties Involved:
Jermaine Darnell Brooks
Petitioner
Jared D. Lozano
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERMAINE DARNELL BROOKS,

Petitioner,

v.

JARED D. LOZANO,

Respondent.

No. 2:20-cv-00364 GGH P

ORDER

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

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The application attacks a conviction issued 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 this matter is

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transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Dated: March 2, 2020

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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