(HC) Torres v. Kernan ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BULMARIO TORRES, No. 2:19-cv-1546 MCE DB P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 S. KERNAN, 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. 19 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Los Angeles County Superior Court. 20 While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 21 convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any 22 and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more 23 readily available in Los Angeles County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 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: September 3, 2019 5 6 4 -BORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 DB /Orders/Prisoner/Habeas/tor1546.108 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28