Graves v. Supervising Deputy, Inyo County Public Defender

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ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to the Eastern District of California. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 4/9/2015. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/9/2015) [Transferred from cand on 4/9/2015.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL GRAVES,

Case No. 15-cv-00875-VC (PR)

Plaintiff,
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ORDER OF TRANSFER

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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SUPERVISING DEPUTY, INYO COUNTY
PUBLIC DEFENDER,
Defendant.
Michael Graves is a civil detainee at Coalinga State Hospital (“Coalinga”) proceeding

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pro se. Graves is detained pursuant to California's Sexually Violent Predator Act and has initiated

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an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining about his commitment and confinement at

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Coalinga. Defendant is the Inyo County Public Defender, who resides in Inyo County, which is

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within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Venue

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for this case, therefore, lies in the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391.

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Accordingly, this case is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a); 1406(a). In light of this transfer, the pending

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motions (dkt. nos. 3 and 4) are deferred to the Eastern District.

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The Clerk shall transfer this matter immediately.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 9, 2015
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VINCE CHHABRIA
United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL GRAVES,

Case No. 15-cv-00875-VC

Plaintiff,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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SUPERVISING DEPUTY, INYO COUNTY
PUBLIC DEFENDER,
Defendant.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.
That on 4/9/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said
copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing
said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle
located in the Clerk's office.

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Michael Graves ID: 1521-4
Coalinga State Hospital
P.O. Box 5003
Coalinga, CA 93210-5003

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Dated: 4/9/2015

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Richard W. Wieking
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
Kristen Melen, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable VINCE CHHABRIA

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