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Parties Involved:
Suzanne M. Peery
Respondent
Luis Miguel Rodriguez-Ponce
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LUIS MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ-PONCE, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

SUZANNE M. PEERY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-2308 GGH 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. 

This action was transferred to this court by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on 

November 3, 2015. The application attacks a conviction issued by the Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa 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 any 

of his other motions; and 

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

California. 

Dated: December 21, 2015 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

GGH:076/rodr2308.108 

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