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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BILLY LEE EAKINS, E41673, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RALPH DIAZ, et al., 

Defendant(s). 

Case No. 19-cv-05470-CRB (PR) 

 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff, a prisoner at California State Prison, Solano (SOL), has filed a pro se complaint 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the application of California’s parole eligibility laws and 

regulations to him. A substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim(s) 

occurred, and the defendants named reside, in the counties of Solano and Sacramento, which both 

lie within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Venue therefore 

properly lies in the Eastern District. See id. § 1391(b). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District 

of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 2, 2019 

______________________________________ 

CHARLES R. BREYER 

United States District Judge 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BILLY LEE EAKINS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RALPH DIAZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:19-cv-05470-CRB 

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 October 2, 2019, 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. 

Billy Lee Eakins ID: E41673 

CSP-SOL 

P. O. Box 4000 

Vacaville, CA 95696-4000 

Dated: October 2, 2019 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable CHARLES R. BREYER 

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