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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIONTAE JOHAN DUNCAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHCF WARDEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 23-cv-05682-KAW 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff Diontae Duncan, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California Health Care 

Facility (CHCF) in Stockton, CA, has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting 

that CHCF officers violated his constitutional rights. 

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 complained of in this complaint occurred at CHCF, which is located in the 

Eastern District of California. Venue, therefore, properly lies in the Eastern District 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 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.1 

1 Venue transfer is a non-dispositive matter and, thus, it falls within the scope of the jurisdiction of 

the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK

The Clerk of the Court shall terminate all motions and transfer the case to the Eastern 

District of California forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2024

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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