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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD SPENCE, AR6600,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY BEARD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-4128 SK (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(ECF No. 5)

Plaintiff, a prisoner at California State Prison, Solano (SOL) in Vacaville, 

California, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging denial of access to 

the courts at SOL and violation of the 1972 injunction in Gilmore v. California, No. C 66-

45878 SI (N.D. Cal.), requiring specific legal literature in the state’s prisons. Plaintiff also 

has filed a motion to intervene in Gilmore v. California and has consented to the 

jurisdiction of the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). 

Plaintiff’s claim of violation of the injunction in Gilmore, and motion to intervene 

in Gilmore on that basis, are without merit because on April 20, 2010 the injunction in 

Gilmore was terminated and the case was closed. See Gilmore v. California, No. C 66-

45878 SI (N.D. Cal. Apr. 20, 2010) (order granting motion to terminate injunction). This 

does not preclude plaintiff from bringing his claim of denial of access to the courts at SOL, 

but because a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, 

and the viable defendants reside, in the County of Solano, which lies within the venue of 

the Eastern District of California, 28 U.S.C. § 84(b), venue properly lies in the Eastern

District. Id. § 1391(b).

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate the motion to intervene (ECF 

No.5) for lack of merit. Accord Gilmore v. California, No. C 66-45878 SI (N.D. Cal. Apr. 

19, 2011) (denying individual prisoner’s motion to intervene after case was settled and 

closed in April 2010). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2016 _________________________

SALLIE KIM

 United States Magistrate Judge

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