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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

KEVIN D. LEWIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DISTRICT 

ATTORNEY OFFICE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01935-KAW (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff Kevin D. Lewis, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California State Prison in 

Lancaster, California, has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting claims 

against the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office and its employees.

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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

The acts complained of in this complaint occurred in Sacramento and Defendants are 

located in Sacramento, which is in the Eastern District of California. Venue, therefore, properly 

lies in the Eastern District of California, 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 of the Court shall terminate all motions and transfer the case forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2015

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 2:15-cv-01080-TLN-KJN Document 6 Filed 05/15/15 Page 1 of 1