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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Order of Transfer

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT SCOFIELD,

Plaintiff,

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K. BALL, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. C 10-05017 JF (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the instant civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, concerning the conditions of his confinement at R. J.

Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego County, Centinela State Prison

(“CEN”) in Imperial County, New Folsom State Prison (“NFSP”) in Sacramento County,

High Desert State Prison (“HDSP”) in Lassen County, Salinas Valley State Prison

(“SVSP”) in Monterey County, and Calipatria State Prison (“CAL”) in Imperial County. 

Defendants K. Ball and C. Gray removed this action from Monterey County Superior

Court on November 5, 2010, (Docket No. 1), and Defendants M. Penner and J. Sherman

joined in the removal on November 22, 2010, (Docket No. 5). 

RJD, CEN, and CAL are located in the Counties of San Diego and Imperial, both

of which lie within the venue of the Southern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(d). 

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NFSP and HDSP are located in the Counties of Sacramento and Lassen, respectively,

both of which lie within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Id. § 84(b). 

Lastly, SVSP is located in Monterey County which lies within the venue of this Court. 

Id. § 84(a). Because the acts complained of occurred in various Counties, most of which

lie outside of this district, venue in this Court is not proper for this action. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1391(b). 

When 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

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). As a substantial part of the

events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, and a substantial number of the 

defendants resides, in the Southern District, venue properly lies in that district. See 28

U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for

the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S. C. § 1406(a). The Clerk shall terminate

any pending motions and transfer the entire file to the Southern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: JEREMY FOGEL 

United States District Judge

2/10/11

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT SCOFIELD,

Plaintiff,

 v.

K. BALL et al.,

Defendants. /

Case Number: CV10-05017 JF 

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 , 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.

Robert Scofield P-14570

California State Prison - Corcoran

P.O. Box 3456

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

2/22/11

2/22/11

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