1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 SIR CASEY FORLES DAILEY No. 2:25-cv-2387 SCR P LATOUR, 1] Petitioner, 12 ORDER v. 13 Al TOWING, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 || corpus pursuant to

, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 18 The application attacks a conviction issued by the San Mateo County Superior Court and 19 | also appears to challenge the conditions of petitioner’s confinement at the San Mateo County Jail. 20 | While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 21 || convicted have jurisdiction, Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court,

(1973), any and 22 || all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily 23 || available in San Mateo County.

at 499 n.15;

(d). 24 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 25 This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 26 || California. 27 | DATED: August 27, 2025 28 SEAN C. RIORDAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE