Yates v. Brown et al

Filing 5

ORDER OF TRANSFER to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 2/3/2014) (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/3/2014: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (tfS, COURT STAFF). Modified on 2/4/2014 (ysS, COURT STAFF). [Transferred from cand on 2/5/2014.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THEODORE BRITTON YATES,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. C 13-4781 SI (pr)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

v.
EDMOND G. BROWN; et al.,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff, an inmate at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, California, filed this civil

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rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining that the Department of Motor Vehicles in

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Tracy will not accept his certificates of completion from alcohol and substance abuse classes

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taken in prison as evidence of satisfactory completion of the sDMV's requirement that he

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complete a certified 18-month drinking driver program. The City of Tracy is in San Joaquin

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County, California. The events and omissions giving rise to the complaint occurred within the

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Eastern District of California and some or all of the defendants apparently reside in the Eastern

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District of California. No defendant is alleged to reside in, and none of the events or omissions

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giving rise to the complaint occurred in, the Northern District. Venue therefore would be proper

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in the Eastern District and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interest

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of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is TRANSFERRED to the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The clerk shall transfer this matter.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 3, 2014

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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge