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Parties Involved:
Pedro Cruz Martinez
Petitioner
T. Schwartz
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEDRO CRUZ MARTINEZ,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-1625 MCE KJM P

vs.

T. SCHWARTZ, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER

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

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

The application attacks a conviction issued by the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

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

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

DATED: July 26, 2006.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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