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Parties Involved:
Gonzalez
Respondent
Cecil Jerome Hatchett
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CECIL JEROME HATCHETT,

Petitioner,

v.

GONZALEZ,

Respondent.

No. 2:15-cv-1229 CKD 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. Petitioner is presently incarcerated in Los Angeles County 

which lies within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. He is serving a sentence for a conviction rendered by the Monterey County Superior 

Court which lies within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California.

While both the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted 

and where the petitioner is incarcerated have jurisdiction over a § 2254 petition, 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 district of 

conviction. 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 Northern District of California. Id. at 499 

n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

Dated: June 12, 2015

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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