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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

JIM FERGUSON, 

Plaintiff,

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 06-3262 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California Men’s Colony,

located in San Luis Obispo, California. He filed this civil rights action in the United

States District Court for the Northern District of California on May 17, 2006,

complaining of violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at California Correctional

Center, located in Susanville, California, within the venue of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff has also filed a motion seeking to

proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2).

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). 

Plaintiff complains about violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at the 

California Correctional Center, located in Lassen County, within the venue of the

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Therefore, the Court will transfer this

action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. 

In light of the transfer, this Court will not decide Plaintiff’s pending motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:May 25, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge