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Parties Involved:
Donald Nunez
Plaintiff
Pelican Bay State Prison
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONALD NUNEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-0084-EFB P 

ORDER 

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

U.S.C. § 1983.1 He asserts a claim arising out of events that occurred at Pelican Bay State Prison 

in Crescent City, California. 

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). 

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 He has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

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 In this case, the defendant is located in and the claim arose in Del Norte County. Because 

Del Norte County lies within the venue of the Northern District of California, venue properly lies 

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

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

District Court for the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

Dated: January 19, 2016. 

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