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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE RAMIREZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JAMES GIOVINO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-0040-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil action. Defendants 

Giovino and Burnett removed this action to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction and 

subject matter jurisdiction, claiming that plaintiff’s complaint can be fairly read to allege an 

Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to medical needs claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF 

No. 1. Defendants also moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. 

ECF No. 3. Plaintiff opposed the motion to dismiss and defendants filed a reply. See ECF Nos. 

4, 5. 

In the complaint, plaintiff asserts a claim arising out of events that occurred at the La 

Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona. Venue is not proper in this district because both 

defendants and any witnesses reside in Arizona and all events relevant to this action occurred in 

Arizona. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). The La Palma Correctional Center is in Arizona, and venue 

properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 82. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the District of Arizona. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a), 1406(a). 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

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