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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

CYMEYON V. HILL,

Plaintiff,

v.

JONATHAN MA, ESQ.,

Defendant.

Case No. 24-cv-01294-YGR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a civil detainee currently being held in custody at Napa State Hospital (“NSH”),

filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has also filed a motion 

for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

Plaintiff has numerous cases in this district. However, in this particular case, he named

Jonathan Ma, Esq. from “Sacramento County” as the sole defendant in this matter. Dkt. 1 at 1, 3.

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Plaintiff seeks monetary damages. Id. at 4.

Further, and while difficult to read, the complaint alleged acts which occurred before he 

arrived at NSH. Instead, the complaint focuses on acts at the Sacramento County Superior Court,

which is located in the Eastern District of California. Additionally, it appears that defendant Ma 

resides in that district. Venue, therefore, properly lies in that district and not in this one.2 See 28 

U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

1 Page number citations refer to those assigned by the Court’s electronic case management 

filing system and not those assigned by plaintiff. The Court further notes that pages 2 and 3 of the 

complaint were switched when they were scanned into the ECF system. See Dkt. 1 at 2-3. 

Nevertheless, the Court will still refer to the ECF system’s page numbers.

2 This matter was inadvertently transferred to this district from the Eastern District as 

plaintiff is in custody in NSH, see Dkt. 3, but the complaint does not make reference to any 

constitutional violations at NSH, see Dkt. 1 at 2.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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. 

The Clerk of the Court shall transfer the case forthwith. All remaining motions are 

TERMINATED on this Court’s docket as no longer pending in this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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JUDGE YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

October 10, 2024

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