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Parties Involved:
Robert Carl Gorski
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In Re ROBERT CARL GORSKI,

Plaintiff.

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No. C 13-4229 NC (PR)

ORDER REOPENING ACTION AND

OF TRANSFER

This action was opened on September 12, 2013, when the Court received from Inmate

Robert Carl Gorski a letter to the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson that concerned prison

conditions. 

On the same date, the Clerk of the Court directed Plaintiff to complete a civil rights

complaint form and an in forma pauperis (IFP) application, and told him that he must

complete these documents within twenty-eight days or his action would be dismissed. The

Clerk sent Plaintiff a blank civil rights complaint form as well as a prisoner’s IFP

application.

On October 28, 2013, the Court dismissed the action on the grounds that Plaintiff had

not filed the necessary documents or otherwise communicated with the Court. 

On December 20, 2013, Plaintiff filed a request to reopen the action on the grounds

that he never received the Clerk’s IFP and complaint notices. Because it appears that

Plaintiff never received the necessary forms and directions, the Court REOPENS this action.

Further review of Plaintiff’s case, however, reveals that he has initiated his civil action

in the wrong judicial district. Plaintiff currently is incarcerated at Avenal State Prison

(“ASP”) in Avenal, California. He alleges that the staff at ASP have been deliberately

indifferent to his medical needs and that the Captain of his housing yard at ASP has been

destroying his inmate grievances. (Dec. 20, 2013 Letter.) 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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It therefore appears that the acts complained of occurred at ASP, which is located in

Kings County in the Eastern District of California. Venue, therefore, properly lies in the

Eastern 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. 

If he wishes to further pursue this action, Plaintiff must complete the complaint form

and in forma pauperis application required by the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California and mail them to that district.

The Clerk is directed to reopen this action, terminate any pending motions, and

transfer the case forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 6, 2014 NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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