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Parties Involved:
California Department of Corrections
Defendant
Lancaster State Prison
Defendant
Seavon Pierce
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SEAVON PIERCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01377-EMC 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, filed this pro se civil action. His 

complaint is rather difficult to understand but appears to allege that Jennifer Thurston (a U.S. 

Magistrate Judge) received medical data or received a shot for pain in Fresno. See Docket No. 1 at 

1-2. The city of Fresno is within Fresno County, which is within the venue of the Eastern District 

of California. The California Department of Corrections is listed as a defendant and has 

headquarters in Sacramento County, which is within the venue of the Eastern District of 

California. Lancaster State Prison also is listed as a defendant, although there is no allegation 

connecting that prison to Plaintiff’s claims. Lancaster State Prison is located in Los Angeles 

County, which is within the venue of the Central District of California. No defendant is alleged to 

reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint are alleged to have 

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

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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. The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2016

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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