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Parties Involved:
Gerrod Lonzell Herndon
Plaintiff
Williams
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERROD LONZELL HERNDON,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. WILLIAMS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01567-HSG (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, an inmate at North Kern State Prison, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and a doctor at the 

Mental Health Services Division of the California Department of Health Care Services in 

Sacramento, California. Sacramento County is within the venue of the Eastern District of 

California, and the witnesses apparently would be found in the Eastern District of California as 

that is the location of the acts or omissions complained of by plaintiff. No defendant is alleged to 

reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint occurred in, the 

Northern District. Venue therefore would be proper in the Eastern District of California, 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. In view 

of the transfer, the Court will not rule upon plaintiff’s pending motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis (Docket No. 3).

The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

4/5/2016

Case 4:16-cv-01567-HSG Document 5 Filed 04/05/16 Page 1 of 1