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Parties Involved:
Ama Bahati Bernard
Petitioner
R. Zuniga
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMA BAHATI BERNARD, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

R. ZUNIGA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:17-cv-0347 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The application challenges execution of a conviction issued by the United States District 

Court in the Southern District of California. 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 San Diego County. Id. at 499 

n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and 

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 2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of 

California. 

DATED: March 1, 2017 

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