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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER WILSON, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs.

ROSEANNE CAMPBELL, Warden, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-6136 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated at Mule Creek

State Prison in Ione, California, has filed this civil rights action challenging prison

authorities denying him access to his legal materials, thereby interfering with his ability

to file a notice of appeal of the denial of his habeas petition in this Court. Plaintiff has

filed a motion seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2). 

While Plaintiff included on the forms for this action the civil case number from

his pending habeas action, it appears that he actually intended to file a new case

regarding the interference by prison officials because he filed it on a form complaint for

a civil rights action. If this was not his intention, he may file a notice of voluntary

dismissal of the instant action in the court to which it is transferred. However, while in

the section for requested relief, Plaintiff requests an extension of time on his habeas

corpus petition, he cannot do so in this new action. If Plaintiff wishes to request an

extension or other relief on that case, he may do so by filing such a motion on his

pending habeas case, Case No. C 06-2242 JSW (PR). 

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

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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. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a

case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the

case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet

filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790

F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement at a prison located in Amador

County, within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

Therefore, the Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice,

and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, this

Court will not resolve Plaintiff’s pending motion. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer

this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:December 10, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER WILSON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ROSSANE CAMPBELL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-06136 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on December 10, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Peter Wilson P-79916

Mule Creek State Prison

A3-142

P.O. Box 409099

Ione, CA 95640

Dated: December 10, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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