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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHNATHAN C. RODRIGUEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RALPH DIAZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:20-cv-0444-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He asserts claims arising out of events that occurred at Ironwood State Prison, in 

Riverside County. See ECF No. 1. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 

district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 

district is located, (2) a judicial 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) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 

this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 

jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

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In this case, the defendants are located in and the claims arose in the County of Riverside. 

Thus, venue properly lies in the Eastern Division of the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California, and not in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. 

§ 84(c)(1). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Eastern 

Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1406(a). 

DATED: March 5, 2020. 

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