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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

MICHAEL ANGELO LENA,

Plaintiff,

v.

XAVIER BECERRA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-00561-JD 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. Nos. 8, 9

This is a civil rights case brought pro se by a state prisoner. Plaintiff presents allegations 

regarding the combining of the sensitive needs yard and the general population yard at RJ 

Donovan Prison in San Diego County, where he is incarcerated, which is located within the venue 

of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Plaintiff names as 

defendants all employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 

(“CDCR”) in the entire state. However, the majority of allegations concern defendants at the 

prison in the Southern District and senior officials at CDCR and the Attorney General’s Office 

both of which are location in the Eastern District of California. Because plaintiff is incarcerated in 

the Southern District and many of the relevant defendants are located in the Southern District, 

venue properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).1

This case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Southern District 

of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). In view of the transfer, the Court will not rule upon 

 

1 Plaintiff was recently deemed three strikes barred pursuant to § 1915(g) in the Southern District. 

That district can determine if plaintiff can proceed in forma pauperis in this case. 

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plaintiff’s motions (Docket Nos. 8, 9) which are VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ANGELO LENA,

Plaintiff,

v.

XAVIER BECERRA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-00561-JD 

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 May 1, 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.

Michael Angelo Lena ID: AN9206

RJ Donovan Correctional Facility

480 Alta Road

D16-104

San Diego, CA 92179 

Dated: May 1, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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