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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MICHAEL JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

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ARNOLD SWARTZENEGGER, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 06-2210 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State PrisonSolano, located in Vacaville, California, within the venue of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. On March 28, 2006, he filed a pro se civil

rights complaint alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs regarding the

treatment he received at that facility and at Folsom State Prison. 

However, Plaintiff's complaint was not filed in the proper district. 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. § 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

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(9th Cir. 1986). 

Plaintiff alleges events occurring and Defendants residing 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, the Court will not resolve Plaintiff’s pending motion (docket no.

2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:April 13, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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