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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES R. STANFORD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNKNOWN, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:18-cv-3007-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. He has filed a letter notifying the 

court “of a problem [he is] having with submitting a 1983 suit” and an “imminent threat” to his 

safety at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. ECF No. 1. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 

district in which 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 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 action, 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). 

Here, it appears that any potential defendants or claims arising from plaintiff’s safety 

concerns at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Center would be located in San Diego County. 

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Because San Diego County lies within the venue of the Southern District of California, venue 

properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(d). 

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

District Court for the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

Dated: November 27, 2018. 

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