Opinion
No. CIV S-07-0081 GEB EFB P.
March 23, 2007
ORDER
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 a state court in Ohio. The United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted has 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 Ohio. Id. at 499 n. 15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).
Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
1. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; and
2. This court takes no action on petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis and defers resolution of that application to the transferee district.