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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LATRAYL D. ARTHER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BOARD OF PRISON TERMS, et al.,

Defendants. ______________________________

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No. C 07-4520 MJJ (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket No. 2)

This is an action filed by a state prisoner proceeding pro se and incarcerated at the

Deuel Vocational Institute (“DVI”) in Tracy, California. Plaintiff complains that his

constitutional rights were violated by state officials located in Sacramento, California.

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. See Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d

1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is

proper in (1) the district in which 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 the 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When venue is

improper, the district court has the discretion to either dismiss the case or transfer it "in the

interest of justice." See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

Here, the defendants are located in Sacramento, California, plaintiff is located in

Tracy, California, and the alleged actions giving rise to the claims took place either in

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Sacramento or Tracy. Both Sacramento and Tracy are within the venue of the Eastern

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). In the interest of justice, this action is hereby

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

light of this transfer, the Court will defer to the Eastern District for a ruling on plaintiff’s

application to proceed in forma pauperis.

The Clerk is directed to transfer the action forthwith.

This order terminates Docket No. 2 from this court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 10/02/07

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MARTIN J. JENKINS

United States District Judge

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