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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

CRAIG ERICK SIMONSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-00745-JST (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, an inmate at the Public Safety Center in Modesto, California, has filed a pro se 

civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department 

and two of its officers. Stanislaus County is within the venue of the Eastern District of California, 

and the witnesses apparently would be found in the Eastern District of California as that is the 

location of the acts or omissions complained of by plaintiff. No defendant is alleged to reside in, 

and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint occurred in, the Northern District. 

Venue therefore would be proper 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 

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

of the transfer, the Court will not rule upon plaintiff’s pending motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis (Docket No. 2).

The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 1, 2016

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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