(HC) Dawson v. State of California ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 | KENNETH DEAN DAWSON, No. 2:19-cv-1628 AC P 11 Petitioner, 12 V. ORDER 13 | STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The application attacks a conviction issued by the Santa 18 | Clara County Superior Court. While both this court and the United States District Court in the 19 | district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, any and all witnesses and evidence 20 || necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available in Santa Clara 21 | County. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 499 n.15 (1973); 28 U.S.C. 22 | §2241(d). 23 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 25 || California. 26 | DATED: August 26, 2019 ~ Cte. 27 ALLISONCLAIRE. 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE