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Parties Involved:
Scott Kernan
Respondent
Darrel Lee Smith
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARREL LEE SMITH, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-0961 MCE DAD P

vs.

SCOTT KERNAN,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

At the present time, petitioner is confined in California State Prison-Sacramento,

which is located within the Eastern District of California. Petitioner challenges a judgment of

conviction entered in the Contra Costa County Superior Court in March or April 2005. Contra

Costa County is located within the Northern District of California. Although this court and the

United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction over

this action at the present time, witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s

habeas petition are more readily available in Contra Costa County. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d);

Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 499 n.15 (1973).

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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 for all

further proceedings.

DATED: May 24, 2005.

DAD:13:bb

smit0961.108

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