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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAWRENCE GEORGE HASH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SAMER A. KANAAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-1603-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action 

brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The claims alleged in the amended complaint (ECF No. 

15) arise out of events that occurred in Napa County. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 

district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 

district is located, (2) a judicial 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) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 

this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 

jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

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Venue properly lies in United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 

and not in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(a). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

DATED: March 21, 2017. 

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