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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STRIDER ROGNIRHAR, a.k.a.

JONATHAN A. PICOLLO, 

Plaintiff,

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N. GRANNIS, et al.,

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No. C 07-6133 JSW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket Nos. 2 & 3)

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad,

California, has filed this civil rights action challenging the actions of prison officials at

the Deuel Vocational Institute (“DVI”)in Tracy, California, and in Sacramento,

California. Tracy and Sacramento are located within the venue of the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California.

When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the

district in which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same

state, (2) the district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to

the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is

situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no

district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a

case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss

the case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not

yet filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v.

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Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement at a prison located in

Tracy, and about actions by officials located in Tracy and Sacramento, both of which

are within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

Therefore, the Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice,

and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, the

Court will not resolve Petitioner’s pending motions (docket nos. 2 & 3). 

The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith and terminate docket

nos. 2 & 3 from this Court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 24, 2008 JEFFREY S. WHITE

 United States District Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STRIDER ROGNIRHAR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

N. GRANNIS et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-06133 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on April 24, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Strider Roegnirhar J-47519

S.V.S.P.

B-4-217

P.O. Box 1050

Soledad, CA 93960-1050

Dated: April 24, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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