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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICKEY LOUIS ALFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEVEN E BLACK, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-05923-JST 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has named as 

defendants Dr. Steven E. Black, DPM, podiatrist; Dr. Vijay Mandyam, podiatrist; Gary 

Boghossian, DPM, podiatrist; Wesley Health Center, podiatrist; and David Ahdoot, MD, FACOG, 

orthopedic. ECF No. 1 at 1. These defendants appear to reside or practice in or around Lancaster, 

CA, and plaintiff alleges that some of these events took place at the Lancaster Public Library in 

Lancaster, California, or the Warner Brothers Office in Burbank, California. See generally ECF 

No. 1. A substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim(s) occurred, and the 

defendants named reside, in Los Angeles County, which lies within the venue of the Central

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). 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 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District 

Court for the Central District of California. 

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The Clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 30, 2019

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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