Johnson v. Padilla et al

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/18/2015 TRANSFERRING this case to the USDC for the Northern District of California. CASE CLOSED. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NATHANIEL JOHNSON,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:15-cv-1054-EFB P

ORDER

A. PADILLA, et al.,
Defendants.

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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. He asserts a claim arising out of events that occurred at the Correctional Training

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Facility in Soledad, California.

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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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The Correctional Training Facility is in Monterey County. Because Monterey County lies

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within the venue of the Northern District of California, venue properly lies in that district and not

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in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(a).
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Northern

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District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

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Dated: May 18, 2015.

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