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Parties Involved:
Rick Hill
Respondent
Andre Smith
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDRE SMITH, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RICK HILL, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:20-cv-0863 AC 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 an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

and a request for appointment of counsel. 

The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court in Alameda County. 

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: 

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

request for appointment of counsel; and 

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

California. 

DATED: May 1, 2020 

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