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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

EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

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L. C. HENSE, Warden, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-1201 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Correctional Training

Facility located in Soledad, California. He filed this civil rights action challenging the

actions of prison officials at North Kern State Prison, in Delano, California, in failing to

protect him from an assault by another prisoner. North Kern State Prison is located in

Kern County, within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District

of California.

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

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

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

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

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. The Clerk of the Court shall

transfer this matter forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:March 7, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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