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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

FRED JASON WRIGHT, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs.

PLEASANT VALLEY STATE PRISON

MEDICAL STAFF, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-4621 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga,

California, has filed this civil rights action challenging the failure of prison authorities to

provide him with the proper pain medication. Coalinga, California is located in Fresno

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

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F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

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

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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:September 13, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRED JASON WRIGHT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

PLEASANT VALLEY STATE PRISON et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04621 JSW 

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 September 13, 2007, 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.

Fred Jason Wright

Pleasant Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 8501

A4-225up

H43247

Coalinga, CA 93210

Dated: September 13, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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