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Parties Involved:
Deuel Vocational Institution
Defendant
Joshua Selfridge
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA SELFRIDGE, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs.

DEUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-4456 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER 

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy,

California, has filed this civil rights action challenging the deprivation of crutches by

prison officials while he was incarcerated there. Tracy, California is located in San

Joaquin County, within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California.

When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the

district in which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same

state, (2) the 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) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no

district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a

case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the

case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet

filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790

F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

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Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement at a prison located in San

Joaquin County, within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §

84. Therefore, the Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of

justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk of the

Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. In light of the transfer, the Court will not

resolve Plaintiff’s pending motion seeking to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:September 10, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA SELFRIDGE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

DUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04456 JSW 

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 September 10, 2007, 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.

Joshua Selfridge

V71850

P.O. Box 600

K-141

Tracy, CA 95378-0600

Dated: September 10, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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