1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MANUEL DEJESUS FLORES, No. 2:24-cv-3350-CSK P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 CAMBELL, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to

, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 19 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Riverside County Superior Court. 20 While both this Court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 21 convicted have jurisdiction, see Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court,

(1973), any 22 and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more 23 readily available in Riverside County, which is located in the Central District of California. See 24

at 499 n.15;

(d). 25 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 26 1. This Court has not ruled on petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis; and 27 2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of 28 California. 1 | Dated: December 5, 2024 Cin □□□ CHI SOO KIM 3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 4 5 6 || flor3350.108 7 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28