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Parties Involved:
Ernesto Noda Pulido
Petitioner
James Walker
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERNESTO NODA PULIDO,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0308 MCE EFB P

vs.

JAMES WALKER, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See 28

U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However,

petitioner has commenced this action in the wrong district.

Petitioner was convicted in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, but is confined in

California State Prison, Sacramento. Although this court and the United States District Court in

the district where petitioner was convicted both have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial

Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 499-500 (1973), witnesses and evidence necessary for the

resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available in the county of conviction. Id.

at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

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Therefore, the court takes no action on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and transfers this action to a more appropriate venue. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this action is transferred to the Western Division of the

United States District Court for the Central District of California. 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(c)(2);

1404(a).

Dated: March 19, 2007.

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