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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

JERRY CLOUD,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS,

Defendant.

Case No.16-cv-06100-JSC 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

HAVE PETITION CONSTRUED AS A 

CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT; 

TRANSFERRING CASE

Re: Dkt. No. 10

Plaintiff, a prisoner at the California Correction Center (“CCC”) in Susanville, California, 

filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. The petition did not 

challenge his conviction, sentence or duration of his confinement, but rather the conditions of such 

confinement --- specifically, his medical care at CCC. Consequently, the Court informed Plaintiff 

that he would need to raise his claims in a civil rights complaint not a habeas petition, advised him 

of the differences between proceeding with a civil action and a habeas petition, and directed him 

to notify the Court whether he nevertheless wished to proceed with this case as a civil action, 

voluntarily dismiss it, or amend his petition. See Nettles v. Grounds, 830 F.3d 922, 936 (9th Cir. 

2016) (en banc). He has filed a motion to have the petition construed as a civil rights complaint, 

which motion is GRANTED. 

Plaintiff, Defendant and the actions giving rise to his claim are located in the Eastern 

District of California. The proper venue for this case is therefore the Eastern District. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1391(a). Accordingly, and in the interests of justice, this case is TRANSFERRED to the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). In 

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light of this transfer, ruling on Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is deferred to 

the Eastern District. 

The Clerk shall transfer this case forthwith and change the Court’s docket to reflect the 

updated nature of suit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 14, 2017

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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