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Parties Involved:
Horace A. Bell
Petitioner
A. Hedgpeth
Respondent

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

HORACE BELL,

Petitioner,

 v.

A HEDGPETH,

Defendant. /

No. 08-03770 CW

ORDER

TRANSFERRING CASE

TO UNITED STATES

DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN

DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA

On August 6, 2008, Petitioner Horace Bell, an inmate at Kern

Valley State Prison (KVSP) in Delano, California, filed a petition

for writ of mandamus. On June 12, 2009, the Court issued an Order

of Dismissal with Leave to Amend in which it stated that it could

not fairly evaluate the petition in its present state and that it

was not apparent that Petitioner intended to file a petition for

writ of habeas corpus rather than a civil rights complaint under 42

U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the conditions of his confinement. The

Court noted that Petitioner is incarcerated at KVSP which lies

within the venue of the Eastern District of California and that

claims seeking damages from KVSP employees for violating

Petitioner’s civil rights must be filed in the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Court

dismissed the petition with leave to amend.

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on January 14, 2010, after being granted an extension of time,

Petitioner filed an amended petition. On February 22, 2010, he

filed a summary of exhibits for the amended petition. Where the

form petition requires the listing of all claims, Petitioner has

written: claim one, cruel and unusual punishment; claim two,

inhumane oppressive treatment; and claim three, discrimination

under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Petitioner indicates

that further detail is provided in the attached documents. The

exhibits indicate that these three claims address the conditions of

Petitioner’s confinement at KVSP.

Plaintiff's claims regarding the deprivation of his civil

rights at KVSP are properly brought in the Eastern District of

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff’s case is,

therefore, transferred to the Eastern District. See In re Hall,

939 F.2d 802, 804 (9th Cir. 1991) (district court has discretion to

either transfer or dismiss without prejudice claims brought in

wrong venue). The Clerk of the Court shall transfer the case

forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 4/19/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HORACE BELL,

Plaintiff,

 v.

A HEDGPETH et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-03770 CW 

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 April 19, 2010, 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.

Horace A. Bell #J-42454

Kern Valley State Prison

C4-120

P O Box 6000

Delano, CA 93216

Dated: April 19, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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