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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES EARL WEAVER, 

Plaintiff, 

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D. K. SISTO, Warden, et al, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-2243 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket Nos. 2, 3)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State Prison-Solano

located in Vacaville, California. He filed this civil rights action challenging the actions

of prison officials at that prison, in failing to transfer him to an appropriate facility due to

his mobility impairment. Vacaville, California is located in Solano County, within the

venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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 (9th Cir. 1986). 

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Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement at a prison located in Solano

County, 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 motions (docket nos. 2, 3).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:April 30, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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