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Parties Involved:
Richard N. Cross
Defendant
Gerald Jackson
Plaintiff
Tammy Morin
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD JACKSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

TAMMY MORIN and RICHARD N. 

CROSS,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00056-EPG (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 

jurisdiction, be brought only in: “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all 

defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located; (2) a judicial district in which 

a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 

of property that is the subject of the action is situated; or (3) if there is no district in which an 

action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any 

defendant is subject to the court's personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 

1391(b).

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In this case, the defendants do not appear to reside in this district. Plaintiff has alleged 

that defendant Cross is employed at a doctor at Sutter Coast Hospital, and that Tammy Morin is 

employed as a doctor at Pelican Bay State Prison. Both Sutter Coast Hospital and Pelican Bay 

State Prison are in Del Norte County, which is in the Northern District of California. 

Additionally, the claims appear to have arisen in Del Norte County. Therefore, Plaintiff’s claims

should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the 

correct district. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). See also Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 

1974).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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