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Parties Involved:
Russell Davila
Plaintiff
Walker
Defendant

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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUSSELL DAVILA,

Plaintiff,

v.

WALKER ETL WARDEN; et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 06-5014 SI (pr)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Russell Davila filed a pro se prisoner's civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,

concerning acts and omissions that occurred at Pleasant Valley State Prison and Sacramento

State Prison. Pleasant Valley State Prison is located in the city of Coalinga and the county of

Fresno; Sacramento State Prison is located in the city of Represa and the county of Sacramento.

Both counties are within the venue of the Eastern District of California. Defendants are

employees at those two prisons and apparently reside in the Eastern District of California.

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. This

court has not ruled on any pending motions. The clerk shall transfer this matter.

The court notes that there is a complaint from a second prisoner, James Hottinger, mixed

in with Davila's complaint. Hottinger's claims appear to concern events at the Sacramento State

Prison and the defendants are employed there. Venue for Hottinger's claims therefore would

properly lie in the Eastern District of California. This court will leave it for the transferree court

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United States District Court

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to determine whether it wants to handle the two prisoners' complaints in a single action or

otherwise. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 28_, 2006 ______________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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