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Parties Involved:
Charles Al-Pine
Petitioner
Jimmy Smith
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES AL-PINE,

Petitioner

v.

JIMMY SMITH,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-00775-JD 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Re: Dkt. No. 3

Petitioner, a prisoner in Texas, has filed a habeas action, though a review of the petition 

indicates that he seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Petitioner argues that his inmate 

grievances have not been addressed. Venue generally is proper in a judicial district in which: (1) 

any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the state in which the district is located; (2) 

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) any defendant is subject to the court’s 

personal jurisdiction, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 

U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

No defendant is located in this district, no actions or omissions giving rise to petitioner’s 

claims took place in this district, and petitioner himself is not in this district. Therefore, this 

district is not the proper venue for petitioner’s claims. See 28 U.S.C. 1391. Accordingly, pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. 1406(a), this case is DISMISSED without prejudice to petitioner filing his civil 

rights complaint in a federal district court where the venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. 1391.1 

 

1 The Court has already transferred several of petitioner’s habeas cases. Because this case would 

need to be reclassified as a civil rights action with a larger filing fee then a habeas action, 

petitioner can determine if he wishes to pay the filing fee in Texas. 

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United States District Court

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Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket No. 3) is DENIED. A Certificate of 

Appealability is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 19, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES AL-PINE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JIMMY SMITH,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-00775-JD 

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 March 19, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, 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.

Charles Al-Pine

2101 F.M. 369

#1422624

Housing 12-F-64 Cell

Iowa Park, TX 76367 

Dated: March 19, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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