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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY F. FISHER,

Plaintiff,

v.

SCOTT NICHOLAS GRAHAM,

Defendant.

Case No. 20-cv-01118-EMC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff filed this pro se civil rights action, complaining of injuries suffered during an 

attack by another inmate on November 27, 2013. Although Plaintiff does not allege in his 

complaint the particular prison at which this attack occurred, medical records attached to the 

complaint show he was a prisoner at the California State Prison – Sacramento (CSP – Sacramento)

when he was sent to the hospital following the attack. See Docket No. 1-1 at 43. Moreover, in an 

earlier action he did allege that the attack took place at CSP- Sacramento. See Barger a/k/a Fisher 

v. Director of “Ops” at CDCR, E. D. Cal. No. 2:14-cv-1323-TLN,EFB at Docket No. 1 at 1, 6.

The events and omissions complained of occurred at the CSP - Sacramento, which is 

located in Sacramento County, California. Sacramento County is within the venue of the Eastern 

District of California. The defendants are employed at the prison in Sacramento County and at 

CDCR headquarters in Sacramento, and apparently reside in the Eastern District of California. No 

defendant is alleged to reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint 

are alleged to have occurred in, the Northern District. Venue therefore would be proper in the 

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Eastern District, and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interest of 

justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 23, 2020

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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