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Parties Involved:
Anthony Scott Berringer
Plaintiff
Salinas Valley State Prison
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY SCOTT BERRINGER,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0089 LKK KJM P

vs.

SALINAS VALLEY STATE 

PRISON KITCHEN STAFF,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In light of 1996

amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in

forma pauperis. 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on

diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all

defendants reside in the same state, (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) 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). 

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In this case, the defendants are located and the claim arose in Monterey County,

which is in the Northern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been

filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In the interest of

justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

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

United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

DATED: April 20, 2006.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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