Williams v. Cueva

N.D. California

Williams v. Cueva

DecidedAugust 28, 2025

Docket3:25-cv-07583

StatusUnknown

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 KENNETH WILLIAMS, No. 2:25-cv-2375 SCR P 11 Petitioner, 12 Vv. ORDER 13 D. E. CUEVA, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 18 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Alameda County Superior Court. 19 || While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 20 || convicted have jurisdiction, Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and 21 | all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily 22 | available in Alameda County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 23 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 25 | California. 26 || DATED: August 27, 2027 mh 27 SEAN C. RIORDAN 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 KENNETH WILLIAMS, No. 2:25-cv-2375 SCR P 11 Petitioner, 12 Vv. ORDER 13 D. E. CUEVA, 14 Respondent. 15 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 17 || corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 18 The application attacks a conviction issued by the Alameda County Superior Court. 19 || While both this court and the United States District Court in the district where petitioner was 20 || convicted have jurisdiction, Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484 (1973), any and 21 | all witnesses and evidence necessary for the resolution of petitioner’s application are more readily 22 | available in Alameda County. Id. at 499 n.15; 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 23 Accordingly, in the furtherance of justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 25 | California. 26 || DATED: August 27, 2027 mh 27 SEAN C. RIORDAN 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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