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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES RANDALL LOTT,

Plaintiff,

v.

PAROLE BOARD MEMBERS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04841-KAW

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff James Randall Lott, a state prisoner incarcerated at the Robert J. Donovan 

Correctional Facility in San Diego ("RJD"), has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

asserting constitutional violations by members of the Board of Parole Hearings (“BPH”) for 

postponing his parole hearing for six months.

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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

The acts complained of in this complaint occurred either at RJD, which is located in the 

Southern District of California, or at the BPH office in Sacramento, which is located in the Eastern 

District of California. Venue, therefore, properly lies in the Southern or Eastern District and not in 

this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). It is more likely that the events at issue took place where 

Plaintiff is incarcerated, in the Southern District of California.

Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The 

Clerk of the Court shall terminate all motions and transfer the case forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 26, 2014 ______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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