Barger v. Plant

Full title: GARY DALE BARGER, Petitioner, v. PLANT, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Feb 3, 2015

2:15-cv-0222 KJM CKD P (E.D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2015)

Opinion

GARY DALE BARGER, Petitioner, v. PLANT, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-0222 KJM CKD P United States District Court, E.D. California. February 3, 2015

          ORDER

          CAROLYN K. DELANEY, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of Ventura County. While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court , 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner's application are more readily available in Ventura County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

         Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.