LeMonta Maddox v. Jeff Lynch

Case 5:22-cv-00803-FLA-SHK Document Filed 05/11/ Pagelofi1 Page ID #:88 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] LEMONTA MADDOX, No. 2:22-cv-0771 KJN P Petitioner, V. ORDER JEFF LYNCH, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 18 || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The application attacks a conviction issued by the San Bernardino County Superior Court. 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 22 || and all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more 23 || readily available in San Bernardino 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 25 transferred to the United States…