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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT JOHN HAMILTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Defendant.

No. 2: 23-cv-00347 DJC KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a former state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s objections to the order by 

the United States District Court for the Central District of California transferring this action to 

this court. (ECF No. 15.) The undersigned construes plaintiff’s objections as a request for 

reconsideration of the transfer order, addressed to the undersigned. For the reasons stated herein, 

plaintiff’s request for reconsideration is denied.1

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1 Plaintiff’s request for reconsideration, filed March 16, 2023, is arguably untimely because it was 

not filed within fourteen days of the February 22, 2023 order by Magistrate Judge Castillo 

transferring this action. See Local Rule 303(b) (“rulings by Magistrate Judges . . . shall be final if 

no reconsideration thereof is sought from the Court within fourteen days . . . from the date of 

service of the ruling on the parties.”). Because plaintiff challenges an order by a magistrate judge 

from a different district, in an abundance of caution, the undersigned deems plaintiff’s request for 

reconsideration timely. 

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On February 22, 2023, the Central District transferred this action to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 6.) The Central District 

transferred this action because the sole defendant, the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), does not reside in the Central District. (Id. at 3.) CDCR headquarters 

is in Sacramento, California, in the Eastern District of California. (Id.) In the transfer order, the 

Central District also found that the harm plaintiff allegedly suffered occurred at California State 

Prison-Tehachapi, located in the Eastern District. (Id. at 4.) 

Venue is appropriate in the Eastern District because defendant CDCR is located in this 

district and plaintiff’s alleged injuries occurred in this district. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) (for a civil 

action not based on diversity, venue is proper in a judicial district where any defendant resides, if 

all defendants reside in the same state, or in any judicial district in which a substantial part of 

events or omissions giving rise to a claim occurred). Accordingly, plaintiff’s request for 

reconsideration of the order transferring this action to the Eastern District is denied.

On March 14, 2023, the undersigned dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with thirty days to 

file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 12.) Thirty days passed and plaintiff did not file an 

amended complaint. Good cause appearing, plaintiff is granted an additional thirty days from the 

date of this order to file an amended complaint. Plaintiff’s failure to file an amended complaint 

within that time will result in a recommendation of dismissal of this action. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s objections to the order transferring this action (ECF No. 15), construed as a 

request for reconsideration, is denied;

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of this order to file an amended 

complaint; failure to file an amended complaint within that time will result in a 

recommendation of dismissal of this action.

Dated: April 20, 2023

Ham347.req

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