Willey v. Price

Full title: RONALD WAYNE WILLEY, Petitioner, v. JEROME PRICE, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Sep 15, 2015

2:15-cv-1873 KJN P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 15, 2015)

Opinion

RONALD WAYNE WILLEY, Petitioner, v. JEROME PRICE, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-1873 KJN P United States District Court, E.D. California. September 15, 2015

          ORDER

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

         The application attacks a conviction issued by the Alameda County Superior Court. 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 Alameda County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

         Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.