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Parties Involved:
Albert Billinger
Plaintiff
Church
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT BILLINGER,

Plaintiff,

v.

DOCTOR CHURCH,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00218-JST (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the California Health Care Facility in 

Stockton, California (CHCF) filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

complaining that CHCF staff denied him adequate medical care following his June 2014 surgery 

at San Pablo Hospital. Specifically, plaintiff claims he was improperly transported back to CHCF 

following his surgery, causing his surgical wounds to reopen. 

Although San Pablo Hospital, which is in Contra Costa County, lies within this district, 

plaintiff alleges that the people who came to transport him from the hospital were correctional 

officers from CHCF. Plaintiff also states that the violation itself occurred at CHCF, and the sole 

defendant named, Dr. Church, is a CHCF doctor. Finally, a substantial part of the events or 

omissions giving rise to the claim occurred at a prison in Vacaville1, which is in Solano County, 

and at CHCF, which is in San Joaquin County. Both Solano County and San Joaquin County lie 

within 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). 

 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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. The 

Clerk of the Court shall transfer the case forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2015

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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