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Parties Involved:
Raul Garcia Escobedo
Petitioner
Jeffrey Macomber
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAUL GARCIA ESCOBEDO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JEFFREY MACOMBER, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-0398 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. The court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to 

proceed in forma pauperis. 

By order of March 28, 2016, the petition was dismissed as illegible and for failing to state 

a claim. Petitioner has now filed an amended petition. The amended petition attacks a conviction 

issued by the Imperial County 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 Imperial County. 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 Southern District of California. 

Dated: April 21, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

GGH:076/kly 

garc0398.108 

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