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Parties Involved:
Joe Lizarraga
Respondent
Cody Aaron Rosbrugh
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CODY AARON ROSBRUGH, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JOE LIZARRAGA, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-2383-EFB P 

ORDER 

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

28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 He is incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, in Amador County, which lies 

in this district. However, petitioner attacks a conviction imposed by the San Bernardino County 

Superior Court, which lies in the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. 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 the county of conviction. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2241(d). 

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 Petitioner initially filed his petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit. ECF No. 1. The Court of Appeals transferred the petition to this court pursuant to Rule 

22(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Id. 

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

transferred to the Eastern Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. 

DATED: October 13, 2016. 

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