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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

ANTHONY HAMLET, 

Plaintiffs, 

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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

Defendants. 

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No. C 06-5593 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Wasco State Prison, located in

Wasco, California. He filed this civil rights action in the United States District Court for

the Northern District of California on September 12, 2006, apparently complaining of

violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at the Ventura County Jail. While

Plaintiff’s complaint is somewhat incomprehensible, it appears that his claims may relate

to his alleged inability to access the Courts while incarcerated at the jail.

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

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filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790

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

Plaintiff apparently complains about conditions of confinement at the Ventura

County Jail, located in Ventura County, within the venue of the Central District of

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Therefore, the Court will transfer this action to the

United States District Court for the Central 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 Central District of

California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:September 20, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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