(HC) Hall v. Covello ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ELIJAH MATTHEW HALL, No. 2:19-cv-2511 AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 PATRICK COVELLO, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. The 19 application attacks a conviction issued by the Sonoma County Superior Court. While both this 20 court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have 21 jurisdiction, any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s 22 application are more readily available in Sonoma County. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 23 410 U.S. 484, 499 n.15 (1973); 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 24 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 25 1. This court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 2 | California. 3 | DATED: December 19, 2019 ~ 4 Attten— ALLISON CLAIRE 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28