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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MARIO AMADOR GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

TANCRETO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 20-cv-07717-VKD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Mario Amador Gonzalez, a state prisoner currently housed at High Desert State Prison 

(“HDSP”) in Susanville, filed a document titled “personnel complaint” in which he claims prison 

officials violated his constitutional rights in connection with an altercation with another inmate. 

Dkt. No. 1. On November 2, 2020, the Clerk of the Court construed this letter as an attempt to file 

a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and directed Mr. Gonzalez to file a proper 

complaint on the court form; a copy of the complaint was provided to him. Dkt. No. 3. Mr. 

Gonzalez was also directed to file a complete in forma pauperis application in a separate notice. 

Dkt. No. 4. 

HDSP is in Susanville, which is located in Lassen County. Because the acts complained of 

occurred in Lassen County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California, see 

28 U.S.C. § 84(b), venue properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

This Court has discretion to either dismiss the case for incorrect venue or transfer it to the proper 

federal court “in the interest of justice.” See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Court concludes that the 

interest of justice is best served by transfer, and accordingly orders the case TRANSFERRED to 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

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The Clerk of the Court shall terminate all pending motions and transfer the entire file to the 

Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 10, 2020

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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