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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

MICHELL RAMOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

I. ROCHA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.19-cv-01205-JSC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiff is located at California State Prison – Los Angeles County. Defendants 

are officials at High Desert State Prison (“HDSP”), where Plaintiff was formerly located and 

where the events giving rise to the complaint occurred. 

When, as here, jurisdiction is not founded 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). 

Plaintiff’s allegations arise out of events occurring at HDSP, and the allegedly responsible 

officials are located there. HDSP is located in Lassen County, which lies within the venue of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. 

 

1 Plaintiff has consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt. No. 5.) 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this case is 

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 this transfer, the 

Court defers to the Eastern District for ruling on the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

(ECF No. 6) and whether to dismiss the case for failure to file a signed complaint (see ECF No. 3). 

The Clerk shall terminate docket numbers 6 from this Court's docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2019

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHELL RAMOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

I. ROCHA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-01205-JSC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on April 22, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Michell Ramos ID: AR8420

CSP - LA County

P.O. Box 8457

D2-114

Lancaster, CA 93539 

Dated: April 22, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

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