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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

CHIDI JOACHIM EKE,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 24-cv-01788-DMR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. Dkt. 1. Plaintiff has filed a completed in forma pauperis application. Dkt. 2.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges claims against unnamed defendants from the Sacramento 

District Attorney’s Office and the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office. See Dkt. 1. Thus, the acts 

complained of occurred in Sacramento County, which lies within the venue of 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). 

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 of the Court shall transfer the case forthwith. 

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

this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 26, 2024 

 ______________________________________

DONNA M. RYU

Chief Magistrate Judge

1 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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