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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER FRANKLIN KLEIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-06763-YGR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, who was formerly incarcerated in various federal prisons from 2009 through 

2019, filed a pro se civil rights complaint. He has also filed an application for in forma pauperis

status. 

While Plaintiff has used the form for a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the 

Court construes his action as one under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 

(1971). Plaintiff complains of deprivations of his civil rights at various federal prisons, stemming 

from an incident on December 16, 2010 where he was allegedly “brutally attacked by an inmate at 

the direction of the [Federal Bureau of Prisons (“FBOP”)]” while he was incarcerated at the 

Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna (“FCI-La Tuna”). 

A substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claims occurred primarily in 

FCI-La Tuna in El Paso County, which lies within the venue of the United States District Court 

for the Western District of Texas. While Plaintiff currently names the FBOP and various prisons, 

including FCI-La Tuna, instead of individual defendants, any potential individual defendants from 

FCI-La Tuna would likely reside in the Western District of Texas. Venue, therefore, properly lies 

in that district. 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 Western District of Texas. The Clerk 

of the Court shall transfer the case forthwith. 

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

this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Judge

March 3, 2020

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