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Parties Involved:
Francisco Barajas
Petitioner
S. Frauenhiem
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRANCISCO BARAJAS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

S. FRAUENHIEM, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-2000 JAM AC 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 application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of Ventura County. See 

ECF No. 1 at 2-3; People v. Barajas, No. B227409, 2011 WL 4436454, *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 

26, 2011). 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 Ventura County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is 

transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

DATED: October 6, 2016 

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