JP Parnell v. D. Cueva

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 J. P. PARNELL, No. 2:20-cv-1588 AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 V. ORDER 14 D. CUEVA, WARDEN, 15 Respondent.

17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1.

19 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.

20 || 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).

24 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.

26 | DATED: August 17, 2020 ~ Llane 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE