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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FREDDIE FERNANDO WORTHAM, 

Plaintiff, 

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J. GONZALEZ, N. GRANNIS, DEBRA

HERNDON, B. ARENSON, JAMES A.

HARRIS, M. D. PAYTON, V. ALLEN,

MICHAEL A. SMELOSKY, P. D. VERA,

and R. ANTI, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 09-4474 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated at Ironwood

State Prison, Blythe, California located in Riverside County, has filed this civil rights

action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining about the conditions of his confinement at

the prison. Plaintiff has neither filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis nor

paid the filing fee, however he has contacted the Court about his failure to do so (docket

nos. 3, 4, 5).

In the complaint, Plaintiff complains about Defendants located within the venue

of the United States District Court for the Central District of California as well as his

conditions of confinement at the prison in that venue. Plaintiff alleges no basis for

jurisdiction within the venue of the United States District Court for the Northern 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

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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 brings his claims involving Defendants who reside within the venue of

the Central District of California, in a case where a substantial part of the events or

omissions giving rise to the claim also occurred. See 28 U.S.C. §1391(b)(2). 

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

Central District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 3, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FREDDIE F W WORTHAM,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GONZALEZ, et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV09-04474 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 May 3, 2010, 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.

Freddie Fernando Wortham Prisoner Id P-82065

Ironwood State Prison

P.O. Box 2199

Blythe, CA 92226

Dated: May 3, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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