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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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Order of Transfer in Part; Instructions to Clerk

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AARON JAMES PIERCE, 

Plaintiff,

 v.

JEANNE S. WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

 

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No. C 03-4934 JF (PR)

ORDER OF PARTIAL TRANSFER;

INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK 

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court initially

dismissed the complaint with leave to amend. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed an amended

complaint. In the amended complaint and accompanying declaration, Plaintiff alleges

claims concerning his medical care and treatment at three state prison facilities: the

Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California; High Desert State Prison in

Susanville, California; and Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California. Plaintiff also

alleges that he suffered three assaults, two by inmates and one by prison staff, while

incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. See Amended Complaint at 3; Accompanying

Declaration at 1-2. 

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Order of Transfer in Part; Instructions to Clerk

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As to Plaintiff’s claims concerning events that took place at High Desert State

Prison and Mule Creek State Prison, the Defendants are located in Lassen and Amador

Counties and the acts complained of occurred in Lassen and Amador Counties, which lie

within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Therefore, venue properly lies in

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

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s claims in the amended complaint and accompanying

declaration (docket nos. 34, 35) concerning High Desert State Prison and Mule Creek

State Prison are TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Clerk shall send a copy of the file

and transfer the instant civil rights action in part to the Eastern District of California. 

The Court will review Plaintiff’s claim concerning his medical care and treatment at the

Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California in a separate written order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

JEREMY FOGEL 

 United States District Judge

4/30/08

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