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Parties Involved:
Sidonio Cruz-Santos
Petitioner
Robert W. Fox
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIDONIO CRUZ-SANTOS,

Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT W. FOX,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-0819 CKD 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 Sonoma 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 Sonoma 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 Northern District of California.

Dated: April 28, 2016

1/md

cruz0819.108

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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