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(HC) Pollard v. Unknown

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaFebruary 5, 20212:21-cv-00185California210 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KENNETH BUFORD POLLARD, III, No. 2:21-cv-0185 DB P Petitioner, Vv. ORDER UNKNOWN, Respondent. 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or filed a request to 18 proceed in forma pauperis. The application attacks a conviction issued by the San Luis Obispo Superior Court. While 20 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 22 || witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily available in San Luis Obispo 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…

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