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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONELL THOMAS HAYNIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. LILJOHN,

Defendant.

No. 2:18-CV-2835-MCE-DMC-P 

ORDER

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is defendant’s motion for an order transferring this 

matter to the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California. See ECF No. 41. 

For cases such as this, which are based on federal question jurisdiction, the federal 

venue statute requires that the action be brought only in (1) a judicial district where any defendant 

resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (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) 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).

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In this case, the alleged civil rights violations took place at the California 

Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California, which is within the boundaries of the Fresno 

division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 

120(b). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(d), a civil action which has not been commenced in the 

proper division of the court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division. 

Because the Sacramento division of this court is not the proper division, this action will be 

transferred to the Fresno division. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant’s motion, ECF No. 41, is 

granted and this action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Fresno.

Dated: March 30, 2020

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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