Free Order Dismissing Case - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-02316-JLS-WMC

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a habeas corpus action filed pursuant UNKNOWN, Respondent. vs. DWAYNE ALLEN MEYERS, Petitioner, ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, EASTERN DIVISION Civil No. 07-2316 JLS (WMc) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

18 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Upon reviewing the petition, the Court finds that this case should be 19 transferred in the interest of justice. 20 A petition for writ of habeas corpus may be filed in the United States District Court of

21 either the judicial district in which the petitioner is presently confined or the judicial district in 22 which he was convicted and sentenced. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d); Braden v. 30th Judicial 23 Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 497 (1973). The application in the present matter attacks a 24 judgment of conviction that was entered in the San Bernadino Superior Court, which is within 25 the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States District Court for the Central District of 26 California, Eastern Division. 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1). Petitioner is presently confined at Centinela 27 State Prison in Imperial, California, located in Imperial County, which is within the jurisdictional 28 -107cv2316

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Case 3:07-cv-02316-JLS-WMC

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1 boundaries of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 28 U.S.C. 2 § 84(d). Thus, jurisdiction exists in both the Central and Southern Districts. 3 When a habeas petitioner is challenging a judgment of conviction, the district court of the

4 district in which the judgment of conviction was entered is a more convenient forum because of 5 the accessibility of evidence, records and witnesses. Thus, it is generally the practice of the 6 district courts in California to transfer habeas actions questioning judgments of conviction to the 7 district in which the judgment was entered. Any and all records, witnesses and evidence 8 necessary for the resolution of Petitioner's contentions are available in San Bernadino County. 9 See Braden, 410 U.S. at 497, 499 n.15 (stating that a court can, of course, transfer habeas cases 10 to the district of conviction which is ordinarily a more convenient forum); Laue v. Nelson, 279 11 F. Supp. 265, 266 (N.D. Cal. 1968). 12 Therefore, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court

13 transfer this matter to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, 14 Eastern Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of 15 this Court serve a copy of this Order upon Petitioner and upon the California Attorney General. 16 17 18 DATED: December 20, 2007 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -207cv2316

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino United States District Judge

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