I'm posting this answer because the one with the most votes led me astray. To redirect from a servlet, you simply do this:
response.sendRedirect("simpleList.do")
In this particular question, I think @M-D is correctly explaining why the asker is having his problem, but since this is the first result on google when you search for "Redirect from Servlet" I think it's important to have an answer that helps most people, not just the original asker.