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Parties Involved:
Walter Lee Cole
Petitioner
K. Holland
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WALTER LEE COLE, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

K. HOLLAND, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-1215 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 

court will not rule on petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

 Petitioner is presently incarcerated at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. He 

is serving a sentence for a conviction rendered by the Los Angeles County Superior Court. 

The general rule with regard to habeas applications is that both the United States District 

Court in the district where petitioner was convicted and the District Court where petitioner is 

incarcerated have jurisdiction over the claims. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 

484 (1973). In the instant case, petitioner's conviction occurred in an area covered by the District 

Court for the Central District of California. 

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 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; and 

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

California. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

Dated: June 13, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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cole1215.108a 

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