Hill v. Lizzaraga

Full title: KEVIN D. HILL, Petitioner, v. JOE LIZZARAGA, Respondent.

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

Date published: Aug 11, 2015

2:15-cv-1634 KJN P (E.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2015)

Opinion

KEVIN D. HILL, Petitioner, v. JOE LIZZARAGA, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-1634 KJN P United States District Court, E.D. California. August 11, 2015

          ORDER

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN, District 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 Los Angeles County Superior Court. 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 Los Angeles 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.