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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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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

In re

DESHAZO,

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No. C 07-00131 JW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a prisoner at California State Prison, Corcoran, in Corcoran,

California, (“Corcoran”) filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

1983, alleging that his constitutional rights have been violated at Corcoran.

Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not

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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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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). 

It is clear from the instant complaint and the attachments thereto that

plaintiff’s claims arise out of actions alleged to have been committed at Corcoran by

Corcoran officials. Corcoran is located in Kings County, California, which is within

the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(b). As a result,

venue is proper in the Eastern District of California, not in the Northern District. 

Accordingly, in the interest of justice, the above-titled action is hereby

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. 

The Clerk shall close the file.

DATED: July 19 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

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