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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 Northern District of California

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Order of Transfer

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NORMAN W. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

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OFFICER D. SELLERS, et al., 

Defendant(s).

 

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ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a prisoner at Folsom State Prison in Represa, California, has filed a

pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges constitutional

violations by prison officials while he was incarcerated at Lancaster State Prison,

which is in the County of Los Angeles. A substantial part of the events or omissions

giving rise to the claim(s) occurred, and the defendants named reside, in the County

of Los Angeles, which lies within the venue of the Western Division of the Central

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c). Venue therefore properly lies in the

Central District. See id. § 1391(b).

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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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

Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. 

The clerk shall transfer this matter and terminate all pending motions as

moot.

DATED: July 9 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

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