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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
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

ATOA ATUALEVAO,

Plaintiff,

v.

AUDREY KING, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04519-KAW 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff Atoa Atualevao, a state civil detainee held at Coalinga State Hospital pursuant to 

California’s Sexually Violent Predator’s Act, has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

complaining of constitutional violations by the executive director and two former executive 

directors of Coalinga State Hospital and the executive directors of the California Department of 

State Hospitals.

The acts complained of in this complaint occurred at Coalinga State Hospital, which is 

located in Fresno County in the Eastern District of California. Venue, therefore, properly lies in 

the Eastern District and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

On his form complaint, Plaintiff indicates venue is proper in this district because, at one 

time, he resided in Alameda County and because his 2006 commitment proceedings occurred in 

Alameda County. Where Plaintiff once resided or where his 2006 commitment proceedings 

occurred is not relevant to venue for this civil rights action. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b), venue for 

a civil rights action is proper in: (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides; (2) a judicial 

district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred; or 

(3) if there is no district that falls under subsections (1) or (2), any judicial district in which any 

defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction. Because several defendants reside in the Eastern 

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District and the events or omissions giving rise to Plaintiffs’ claims occurred in the Eastern 

District, where Plaintiff is housed, the proper venue for this action is the Eastern District.

Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The 

Clerk of the Court shall terminate all motions and transfer the case forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2014

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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