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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN W. WILLIAMS, 

Plaintiff, 

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B. F. NAWS, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 08-0160 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at California State Prison-Los Angeles in

Lancaster, California, has filed this civil rights action challenging the actions of prison

officials at that prison. Los Angeles County is located within the venue of the United

States District Court for the Central District of California.

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). Where a

case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the

case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet

filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790

F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement at a prison located in Los

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Angeles County, within the venue of the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §

84. Therefore, the Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for

the Central District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of

justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the

United States District Court for the Central District of California. In light of the transfer,

the Court will not resolve Petitioner’s pending motion (docket no. 2). The Clerk of the

Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:January 25, 2008 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN W. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

WARDEN F. NAWS et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-00160 JSW 

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 January 25, 2008, 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.

John W. Williams

CA State Prison at San Quentin

P.O. Box 4670

V34099

Lancaster, CA 93539

Dated: January 25, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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