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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 California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HERMAN TIEMENS, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRIAN DUFFY, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No.: C 14-2093 JSC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Dkt. No. 2)

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. 1

 Plaintiff complains that his finances are being mismanaged by the 

accounting office at the California Medical Facility (C.M.F.). He sues the Governor of 

California, the Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the 

Warden of C.M.F., and the C.M.F. account office. 

When, as here, 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 

 

1 Plaintiff has consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt. No. 4.) 

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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). 

Plaintiff’s allegations arise out of events occurring at C.M.F., and the defendants are 

located at C.M.F. and in Sacramento. C.M.F. is in Solano County. Both Solano and 

Sacramento Counties lie within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this case is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. In light of this transfer, the 

Court defers to the Eastern District for ruling on the application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The Clerk shall terminate docket number 2 from this Court's docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

_________________________________

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

June 16, 2014

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