(HC) Parnell v. Cueva ( 2020 )

wOASe 2 OU UVM EYOOTENNY MUU SPIO OP er PAY AV 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 J. P. PARNELL, No. 2:20-cv-1588 AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 V. ORDER 14 D. CUEVA, WARDEN, 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. ECF No. 1. 19 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. 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 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is 25 || transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 26 | DATED: August 17, 2020 ~ Llane 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE