(HC) Williams v. Bird ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 SHON OLIVENTA WILLIAMS, No. 2:21-cv-0658 DB P 10 Petitioner, 11 v. ORDER 12 L. BIRD, 13 Respondent. 14 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 16 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 17 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of California, County of 18 Los Angeles. (ECF No. 1 at 1.) While both this court and the United States District Court in the 19 district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit 20 Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of 21 petitioner’s application are more readily available in Los Angeles County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 22 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 23 //// 24 //// 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of 3 | California. 4 | Dated: April 17, 2021 5 6 4 ORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DB:12 16 || DB:1/Orders/Prisoner/Habeas/will0658.108 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28