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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ALEXANDER ROOD, 

Plaintiff, 

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BUTTE COUNTY JAIL, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 08-2415 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket Nos. 2 & 4)

Plaintiff, an inmate at Butte County Jail, has filed this civil rights action under 42

U.S.C § 1983 against the jail complaining of the conditions of his confinement and of his

imprisonment at the jail. Butte County is located within the venue of the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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. §

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 brings his claims against the Butte County Jail about actions or omissions

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taken in Butte County, within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28

U.S.C. § 84. 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. In light of the transfer, the Court will not resolve

Petitioner’s pending motions to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2) and for

appointment of counsel (docket no. 4). The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter

forthwith and terminate docket nos. 2 and 4 from this Court’s docket. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 3, 2008 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN A. ROOD,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BUTTE COUNTY JAIL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-02415 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on June 3, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

John Alexander Rood

35 County Center Drive

Oroville, CA 95965

Dated: June 3, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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