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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ADRIAN R. OCHOA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SHERRI FLETCHER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 19-cv-03987-DMR (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

On July 11, 2019, Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1. 

On that same day, the Clerk of the Court sent a notice directing Plaintiff to either pay the 

filing fee or submit an in forma pauperis (“IFP”) application, a Certificate of Funds, a six-month 

statement completed and signed by an authorized officer at the prison. Dkt. 2. The Clerk also 

informed Plaintiff that this action has been assigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge.1 Dkt. 3. 

The acts complained of occurred at the High Dessert State Prison in Lassen County, which 

is located in the Eastern District of California, and it appears that the Defendants resides in that 

district. Venue, therefore, properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1391(b). 

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

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.2 The 

Clerk shall transfer the case forthwith. 

 

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 To date, Plaintiff has not yet returned the form indicating whether he consents to or declines 

magistrate judge jurisdiction in this action. 

2

 Venue transfer is a non-dispositive matter and, thus, it falls within the scope of the jurisdiction of 

the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). 

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If Plaintiff wishes to further pursue this action, he must complete the IFP application form 

required by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and mail it to that 

district. 

All pending motions are TERMINATED on this court’s docket as no longer pending in 

this district. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 23, 2019 

______________________________________ 

DONNA M. RYU 

United States Magistrate 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 

ADRIAN R OCHOA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SHERRI FLETCHER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:19-cv-03987-DMR 

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 July 23, 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. 

Adrian R Ochoa ID: J13876 

California State Prison - Los Angeles County ASU-156L 

PO Box 4430 

Lancaster, CA 93539 

Dated: July 23, 2019 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

 

By:________________________ 

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU 

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