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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICKEY TRENT SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MERCED 

COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01768-KAW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff Rickey Trent Smith, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California Institute for 

Men, has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting constitutional violations

against the Merced County District Attorney's Office, the Merced County Superior Court and the 

Merced County Probation Department.

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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

The acts alleged in this complaint occurred in Merced County and all Defendants reside in 

Merced County. Merced County is located in the Eastern District of California. Venue, therefore, 

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

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

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United States District Court

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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: May 14, 2015 ______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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