Alonzo McKinney v. J. Walker

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California orders the transfer of a state prisoner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas action to the Central District of California. The court concludes that the Central District is the more appropriate venue because the petitioner was convicted in Los Angeles County and relevant witnesses and evidence are more readily available there.

Holdings

1. A federal district court may transfer a state habeas action to the district where the petitioner was convicted when the relevant witnesses and evidence are more readily available there; because the conviction arose in Los Angeles County, transfer to the Central District of California was warranted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the habeas action should be transferred to the federal district encompassing the county where petitioner was convicted because the necessary witnesses and evidence were more readily available there.

Disposition

other