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Parties Involved:
Vincent Marvin Lopez
Plaintiff
Nichols
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT MARVIN LOPEZ,

Plaintiff,

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OFFICER NICHOLS, 

Defendant.

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No. C 05-4888 MMC (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff, a prisoner incarcerated at the California State Prison, Corcoran, California 

(“Corcoran”) and proceeding pro se, filed the above-titled civil action, alleging that a Corcoran

prison guard has violated his constitutional rights. 

Venue may be raised by the district court sua sponte where the defendant has not filed a

responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. See Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d

1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is

proper in (1) the district in which 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 the 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When venue is

improper, the district court has the discretion to either dismiss the case or transfer it "in the

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United States District Court

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interest of justice." See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

It is clear from the complaint and the attachments thereto that plaintiff’s claims all arise

out of actions alleged to have been committed at Corcoran by an individual employed at

Corcoran. Corcoran is located in Kings County, which, in turn, is within the venue of the

Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 

Accordingly, in the interest of justice, the above-titled action is hereby

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

light of the transfer, this Court will defer to the Eastern District with respect to plaintiff’s

application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

This order terminates Docket No. 2.

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 21, 2005 

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MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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