Michael Gonzales v. Ferrso et al

Filing 5

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick. Within 30 days of the date of this Order, the parties shall show cause in writing, if there be any, why this action should not be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on the ground that venue is improper in the Central District of California. Failure timely to respond to this Order to Show Cause may result in the transfer of the action. (sp)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL GONZALES,

) NO. CV 16-7604-CAS(E)
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Plaintiff,
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v.
) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
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FERRSO, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California

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Correctional Institution at Tehachapi, California (“CCI”), filed this

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civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 on October 12,

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2016.

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various Defendants assaulted Plaintiff, placed drugs in Plaintiff’s

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meals, interfered with Plaintiff’s legal mail and hindered Plaintiff’s

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ability to file grievances.

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officials, attachments to the Complaint suggest that Plaintiff also

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may intend to assert claims against prison officials at the Corcoran

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State Prison.

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Defendants are CCI prison officials.

Plaintiff alleges that

Although Plaintiff sues only CCI

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The California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi, California,

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is located in Kern County, within the Eastern District of California.

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See Nava c. Gonzales, 2010 WL 796757, at *2 & n.2 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 5,

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2010); 28 U.S.C. § 84(b).

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Kings County, California, also within the Eastern District of

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California.

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Jan. 10, 2014).

The Corcoran State Prison is located in

See Fisher v. Brown, 2014 WL 109497, at *1 (E.D. Cal.

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Section 1391(b) of Title 28, United States Code, provides:

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A civil action may be brought in --

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(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if

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all defendants are residents of the State in which the

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district is located;

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(2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the

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events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a

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substantial part of property that is the subject of the

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action is situated; or

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(3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise

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be brought as provided in this section, any judicial

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district in which any defendant is subject to the court's

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personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.

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Here, it appears that all Defendants reside in the Eastern

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District of California, and that the events or omissions giving rise
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to Plaintiff’s purported claims allegedly occurred within the Eastern

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District of California.

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Section 1406(a) of Title 28, United States Code, provides:

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The district court of a district in which is filed a

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case laying venue in the wrong division or district

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shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice,

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transfer such case to any district or division in which

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it could have been brought.

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This Court has the power to decide the venue issue on its own

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motion and to dismiss or transfer the action before a responsive

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pleading is filed.

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Cir. 1986).

See Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th

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Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order, the parties

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shall show cause in writing, if there be any, why this action should

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not be transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California on the ground that venue is improper in the

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Central District of California.

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Order to Show Cause may result in the transfer of the action.

Failure timely to respond to this

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DATED:

October 18, 2016.

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/s/
CHARLES F. EICK
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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