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Parties Involved:
Michael Graves
Plaintiff
Supervising Deputy, Inyo County Public Defender
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GRAVES,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERVISING DEPUTY, INYO COUNTY 

PUBLIC DEFENDER,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00875-VC (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Michael Graves is a civil detainee at Coalinga State Hospital (“Coalinga”) proceeding 

pro se. Graves is detained pursuant to California's Sexually Violent Predator Act and has initiated 

an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining about his commitment and confinement at 

Coalinga. Defendant is the Inyo County Public Defender, who resides in Inyo County, which is

within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Venue 

for this case, therefore, lies in the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391. 

Accordingly, this case is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a); 1406(a). In light of this transfer, the pending 

motions (dkt. nos. 3 and 4) are deferred to the Eastern District.

The Clerk shall transfer this matter immediately.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 9, 2015

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GRAVES,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERVISING DEPUTY, INYO COUNTY 

PUBLIC DEFENDER,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00875-VC 

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 4/9/2015, 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.

Michael Graves ID: 1521-4

Coalinga State Hospital

P.O. Box 5003

Coalinga, CA 93210-5003 

Dated: 4/9/2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Kristen Melen, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable VINCE CHHABRIA

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