Flores v. Barnes

Full title: DANIEL FLORES, Petitioner, v. R. BARNES, Warden, Respondent.

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

Date published: May 29, 2013

2:13-cv-0909 GGH P (E.D. Cal. May. 29, 2013)

Opinion

DANIEL FLORES, Petitioner, v. R. BARNES, Warden, Respondent. No. 2:13-cv-0909 GGH P United States District Court, E.D. California. May 29, 2013

          ORDER

          GREGORY G. HOLLOWS, 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, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis.

         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:

         1. This court has not ruled on petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis; and

         2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.