Pickett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 BENERITO FELIPE GABALDON, No. 2:20-cv-2489-EFB P Petitioner, V. ORDER J. PICKETT, Warden, Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a petition for writ of habeas corpus || pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See ECF No. 8. Petitioner is incarcerated at High Desert State 18 || Prison in Lassen County, which lies in this district. However, his petition challenges a 2009 19 || conviction for first degree robbery imposed by the Riverside County Superior Court, which lies in 20 || the United States District Court for the Central District of California. While both this court and 21 || the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was convicted have jurisdiction, 22 || 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 the 24 county of…