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Parties Involved:
Edwin McMillan
Petitioner
Ronald Rackley
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWIN McMILLAN,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD RACKLEY,

Respondent.

No. 2:15-cv-0404 DAD 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, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The application for relief pending before this court attacks a judgment of conviction 

issued by the Ventura 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 Ventura County. Id. at 499 

n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and

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2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California.

Dated: March 1, 2015

DAD:10/mp

mcmi0404.108

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