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Parties Involved:
D. Dustin
Plaintiff
Pffeiffer
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

D. DUSTIN,

Petitioner,

v.

CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-05246-DMR (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a complaint concerning the conditions 

of his confinement at Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”), where he is currently incarcerated. 

Petitioner filed his complaint on the court’s form for a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Dkt. 4.

This action has been assigned to the undersigned magistrate judge. On October 4, 2016, 

Petitioner consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this matter. Dkt. 5.

The acts complained of occurred at KVSP in Kern County, which is located in the Eastern 

District of California, and it appears that Defendants reside in that district. Venue, therefore, 

properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, this case is 

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1406(a). In view of the transfer, the court will not determine whether to construe the 

instant petition as a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Clerk of the Court 

shall transfer the case forthwith. All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court’s 

docket as no longer pending in this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 8, 2016 ______________________________

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

D. DUSTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

PFFEIFFER,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:16-cv-05246-DMR 

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 November 8, 2016, 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.

D. Dustin ID: J67741

KVSP Bldg 3-D-111

P.O. Box 5104-3130

Delano, CA 93216-3130 

Dated: November 8, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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