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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LONZELL GREEN, 

Plaintiff,

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JAMES WALKER, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-5381 TEH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

AND INSTRUCTIONS TO

THE CLERK

Plaintiff, a prisoner of the state of California currently incarcerated at California

State Prison-Sacramento, in Represa, California, has filed a pro se civil rights under 42

U.S.C. § 1983. The events or omissions giving rise to the claims occurred at that

facility, and the Defendants named reside, in Sacramento County, which lies within the

venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(d). Venue therefore

properly lies in the Eastern District of California. See id. § 1391(b).

When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the

district in which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same

state, (2) the district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to

the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the 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). Where a

case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the

case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. §

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1406(a). Venue may be raised by the 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). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California. The Clerk shall terminate all pending motions and

transfer this matter forthwith.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 11/08/07 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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