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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARTHUR DIXON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

VALLEY STATE PRISON CUSTODY AND

MEDICAL STAFF, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 15-00096 DMR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

This action was opened on January 8, 2015, when the Court received from Inmate Arthur

Dixon a letter to the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson that concerned prison conditions. 

On the same date, the Clerk of the Court notified Plaintiff in writing that his action was

deficient in that he had not submitted his complaint on a proper complaint form and had not

submitted an in forma pauperis application. The Clerk further notified him that this action would be

dismissed if he did not submit a complaint on the proper form and a completed in forma pauperis

application within twenty-eight days. In addition, the Clerk also notified Plaintiff in writing that this

matter has been assigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. 

 On January 28, 2015, Plaintiff filed his completed pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff also submitted an incomplete in forma pauperis application. Finally,

Plaintiff has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction.

The acts complained of occurred at Valley State Prison, which is located in the Eastern

District of California, and it appears that Defendants reside in that district. Venue, therefore,

properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 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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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 The

Clerk shall transfer the case forthwith.

If Plaintiff wishes to further pursue this action, he must complete the in forma pauperis

application required by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and

mail them to that district.

All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s docket as no longer pending in

this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

 DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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