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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUDY VEGA, et al, 

Plaintiff,

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 05-4137 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern State Prison, located in

Delano, California, within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California. He filed this civil rights action in the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California on October 13, 2005. Although the complaint is

largely incomprehensible, Plaintiff is apparently complaining of violations of his (and a

group of Mexican-American inmates) civil rights while incarcerated at Corcoran State

Prison, located in Corcoran, California within the venue of the Eastern District. Plaintiff

has also filed a motion seeking to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 5).

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. §

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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 apparently complains about discriminatory practices at Corcoran State

Prison, within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

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

Eastern 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 Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall

transfer this matter forthwith. In light of the transfer, this Court will not decide

Plaintiff’s pending motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:April 24, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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