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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEROME GRANT,

CDCR #T-88442,

Civil

No.

14cv2156 LAB (NLS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CIVIL

ACTION FOR LACK OF PROPER

VENUE TO THE CENTRAL

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,

EASTERN DIVISION,

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1), 

28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) 

AND 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a)

 vs.

L.V.N. DAHLENE; J. LEWIS,

Defendants.

Jerome Grant (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at the California Men’s Colony

located in San Luis Obispo, California, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 civil filing fee and $50 administrative

fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead he had filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis [ECF No. 2].

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I. Venue

Upon initial review, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s case lacks proper venue. 

Venue may be raised by a court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet filed a

responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d

1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). “A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely

on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, 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 isthe 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.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); Costlow,

790 F.2d at 1488; Decker Coal Co. v. Commonwealth Edison Co., 805 F.2d 834, 842

(9th Cir. 1986). “The district court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in

the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if it be in the interests of justice, transfer

such case to any district in or division in which it could have been brought.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 1406(a).

Plaintiff alleges constitutional violations arising out of events occurring at

Chuckawalla State Prison located in Blythe, California, which is in Riverside County. 

(Compl. at 2.) Riverside County is located in the Central District of California, Eastern

Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1). Plaintiff claims did not arise in either San Diego or

Imperial Counties, and no Defendant is alleged to reside here. Id. § 84(d). 

Therefore, the Court finds venue is proper in the Central District of California,

Eastern Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1), but not in the Southern District of

California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 84(d). See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); Costlow, 790 F.2d

at 1488.

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II. Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall

transfer this case for lack of proper venue, in the interests of justice and for the

convenience of all parties, to the docket of the United States District Court for the

Central District of California, Eastern Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1), 28

U.S.C. § 1391(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

DATED: September 18, 2014

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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