Morris v. California Department of Corrections et al

Filing 4

ORDER OF TRANSFER. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 6/21/10. (jjo, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/21/2010) [Transferred from cand on 6/23/2010.]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, has filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining about the conditions of his confinement while incarcerated at that prison. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2.) In the complaint, Plaintiff complains about Defendants located within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California as well as his conditions of confinement at the prison in that venue. Plaintiff alleges no basis for jurisdiction within the venue of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the district in which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same state, (2) the 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 vs. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al, Defendants. JASON ALEXANDER MORRIS, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 10-2425 JSW (PR) ORDER OF TRANSFER (Docket No. 2) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the case or transfer it to the proper federal court "in the interest of justice." 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). Plaintiff brings his claims involving Defendants who reside within the venue of the Eastern District of California, in a case where a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim also occurred. See 28 U.S.C. §1391(b)(2). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, the Court will not resolve Plaintiff's pending motions (docket no. 2). The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: June 21, 2010 JEFFREY S. WHITE United States District Judge

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Jason A. Morris G38371 P.O. Box 2000 Vacaville, CA 95696-2000 Dated: June 21, 2010 v. JASON A MORRIS, Plaintiff,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case Number: CV10-02425 JSW CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

CALIFORNIA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS et al, 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 June 21, 2010, 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.

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk