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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZANE HUBBARD,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

1:19-cv-00921-BAM (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Zane Hubbard (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants 

are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial 

part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property 

that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may 

otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is 

subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Monterey

County, which is in the Northern District of California. Therefore, Plaintiff=s claim should have 

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been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In the interest 

of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Ravelo Monegro v. Rosa, 211 F.3d 509, 512 (9th Cir. 2000).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California; and

2. This Court has not yet ruled on Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 10, 2019 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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