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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

DORNIESE WALLACE

Plaintiff,

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WARDEN,

Defendants. 

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No. C 06-2723 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Central California Women’s

Facility, located in Chowchilla, California, within the venue of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. She filed this civil rights action in the

United States District Court for the Northern District of California on April 21, 2006. 

Although the complaint is largely incomprehensible, Plaintiff is apparently complaining

of violations of her civil rights while incarcerated at that facility, due to inadequate

medical treatment for cancer. Plaintiff has also filed a motion seeking to proceed in

forma pauperis (docket no. 2).

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. §
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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 apparently complains about medical treatment received at the Central

California Women’s Facility, located in Solano 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. In light of the

transfer, this Court will not decide Plaintiff’s pending motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:May 1, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge