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Parties Involved:
S. Peery
Respondent
Robert G. Russell
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT G. RUSSELL, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

S. PEERY, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-1210-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a 2011 conviction and sentence imposed by the Santa 

Cruz County Superior Court. Petitioner is currently confined to High Desert State Prison in 

Lassen County. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241(d), courts in both the district of confinement and the district 

of conviction have concurrent jurisdiction over applications for habeas corpus filed by state 

prisoners. In this case, it appears that witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of 

petitioner’s application may be more readily available in the county of conviction. See Braden v. 

30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 499 n. 15 (1973). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1406(a). 

DATED: June 8, 2015.

Case 2:15-cv-01210-EFB Document 4 Filed 06/09/15 Page 1 of 1