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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SEAVON PIERCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAMALA D. HARRIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05498-EMC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, filed this pro se civil action, complaining 

that his mail was interfered with at the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi. See Docket 

No. 1 at 2, 5. Tehachapi is in Kern County, California. Kern County is within the venue of the 

Eastern District of California. Two of the defendants have addresses in Sacramento County, and 

apparently reside in the Eastern District of California. A third defendant has an address in San 

Diego, and apparently resides in the Southern District of California. No defendant is alleged to 

reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint are alleged to have 

occurred in, the Northern District of California. Venue therefore would be proper in the Eastern 

District of California, and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interest 

of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 5, 2016

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-05498-EMC Document 4 Filed 04/05/16 Page 1 of 1