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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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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MASA NATHANIEL WARDEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

OFFICER B. COWAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 19-cv-00896-DMR (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

and an application for in forma pauperis status. Dkts. 1, 3. He has also consented to magistrate 

judge jurisdiction in this action. Dkt. 2. 

The acts complained of occurred in Shasta County, which is located in the Eastern District 

of California, and it appears that Defendants reside in that district. Venue, therefore, properly lies 

in that district 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.1

 The 

Clerk of the Court shall transfer the case forthwith. 

All pending motions are TERMINATED on this court’s docket as no longer pending in 

this district. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

______________________________________ 

DONNA M. RYU 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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 Venue transfer is a non-dispositive matter and, thus, it falls within the scope of the 

jurisdiction of the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). 

March 6, 2019

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Service_Certificate _CRD

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MASA NATHANIEL WARDEN,

Plaintiffs,

v.

B. COWAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 4:19-cv-00896-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that: 

(1) I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of 

California; and

(2) On 3/6/2019, 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 

interoffice delivery receptacle located in the Clerk’s office.

Masa Nathaniel Warden ID: BH1647

CHCF

7707 South Austin Rd.

Stockton, CA 95213 

Dated: 3/6/2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

 

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to 

the Honorable Donna M. Ryu

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