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Parties Involved:
Gregory C. Bontemps
Plaintiff
Sirko
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GREGORY C. BONTEMPS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SIRKO, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-0966-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He asserts a claim arising out of events that occurred at California State Prison, 

Los Angeles County. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought 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 action, 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). 

In this case, the defendant is located in and the claim arose in Los Angeles County. 

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Because Los Angeles County lies within the venue of the Central District of California, venue 

properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(2). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Western 

Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1406(a). 

Dated: May 16, 2016. 

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