Turner v. California Departement of Corrections & Rehabilitation

Filing 16

ORDER OF TRANSFER (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 7/22/2015) [Transferred from cand on 7/23/2015.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSEPH DUANE TURNER,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. C 15-203 SI (pr)

Plaintiff,

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v.

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff, an inmate at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, filed this civil rights

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action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining about events and omissions that occurred at that

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prison, which is located in San Joaquin County. San Joaquin County is within the venue of the

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Eastern District of California. Some or all of the defendants – a state agency headquartered in

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Sacramento County and individuals who work at the prison in San Joaquin County – apparently

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reside in the Eastern District of California. No defendant is alleged to reside in, and none of the

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events or omissions giving rise to the complaint appears to have occurred in, the Northern

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District. Venue therefore would be proper in the Eastern District and not in this one. See 28

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U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a),

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this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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California. The clerk shall transfer this matter.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 21, 2015

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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge