1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 KENNETH WILLIAMS, No. 2:25-cv-2375 SCR P 11 Petitioner, 12 Vv. ORDER 13 D. E. CUEVA, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 || corpus pursuant to

. 18 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Alameda County Superior Court. 19 || While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 20 || convicted have jurisdiction, Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court,

(1973), any and 21 | all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily 22 | available in Alameda County.

at 499 n.15;

(d). 23 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 25 | California. 26 || DATED: August 27, 2027 mh 27 SEAN C. RIORDAN 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE