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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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

ODDIS VERMONT COLE,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. GUILLEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03436-DMR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

On July 27, 2015, Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1. Plaintiff has also submitted an in forma pauperis application. Dkt. 2. 

Plaintiff has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this action. Dkt. 1 at 4. 

A review of Plaintiff’s case reveals that he has initiated his civil action in the wrong 

judicial district. The acts complained of occurred at California State Prison - Solano, 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 shall transfer the case forthwith.

Any remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s docket as no longer pending in 

this district. Dkt. 2.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 2, 2015

______________________________________

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

 

1 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).

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ODDIS VERMONT COLE,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. GUILLEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:15-cv-03436-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on October 2, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the Order of Transfer, 

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 inter-office 

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Oddis Vermont Cole

K43562

California State Prison Solano

PO Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696 

Dated: October 2, 2015

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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