Andrillion v. Corrections Corporation of America, et al.

Filing 6

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 04/01/13 ordering CASE TRANSFERRED to District of Arizona. All dates and deadlines set in this action are vacated. (Plummer, M)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KURT DINESO ANDRILLION,
Plaintiff,

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vs.

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No. 2:13-cv-0558 EFB P

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION
OF AMERICA, et al.,

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Defendants.

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

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28

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U.S.C. § 1915, though he has not submitted a certified copy of his trust account statement or the

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institutional equivalent.
A civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, must be brought in “(1) a

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judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a

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judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim

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occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a

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judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action

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may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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Here, defendants are located in and plaintiff’s claim arose in Arizona. Therefore, in the

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interest of justice, this action is transferred to the United States District Court for the District of

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Arizona. See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). All

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dates and deadlines set in this action are vacated.

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So ordered.
Dated: April 1, 2013.

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