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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY R. TURNER,

Plaintiff,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR. et al.,

Defendants.

1:19-cv-00289 BAM (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Anthony R. Turner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. 

“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court 

may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or 

to any district or division to which all parties have consented.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). “A civil 

action may be brought in – (1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants 

are residents of the State in which the district is located; [or] (2) a judicial district in which a 

substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred . . . .” 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1391(b). 

In this case, Plaintiff’s complaint clearly alleges that the events at issue in this action 

occurred at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which is located within the 

boundaries of the Northern District of California. (ECF No. 1, p. 3.) While one of the eighteen 

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named defendants is listed as working at California Correctional Institution, and several other 

defendants are listed as working at locations in Sacramento, California, there is no indication that 

any, much less “a substantial part,” of the events giving rise to this action have taken place within 

the boundaries of the Eastern District of California. In addition, the complaint lacks allegations 

linking any of these defendants to the events at issue. Therefore, Plaintiff=s claim should have 

been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In the 

interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the 

correct district. See 28 U.S.C. ' 1406(a); Ravelo Monegro v. Rosa, 211 F.3d 509, 512 (9th Cir. 

2000).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 13, 2019 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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