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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 Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YSIDRO HERNANDEZ, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

CDCR, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 19-00401 BLF (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSER

Plaintiff, who is currently being held at the Correctional Training Facility-North in 

Soledad, California, filed a pro se civil rights complaint against a single prison employee, 

Defendant Chavez. (Docket No. 1.) The Court dismissed the complaint with leave to 

amend for Plaintiff to allege sufficient facts to explain the context of Defendant Chavez’s 

actions. (Docket No. 7 at 2-3.) The amended complaint now indicates that the underlying 

incident occurred at Centinela State Prison, which is in Imperial, California, and that 

Defendant Chavez was working there as a correctional officer at the time. (Id. at 3-4.)

Because the acts complained of occurred in Imperial County, which lies within the 

venue of the Southern District of California, see 28 U.S.C. § 84(d), venue properly lies in 

that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, this case is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Southern District of 

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California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

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

Southern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _November 15, 2019_ ________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN 

United States District Judge 

Order of Transfer 

PRO-SE\EJD\CR.19\00401Hernandez_transfer (SD) 

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