Hash v. Kanaan et al

Filing 17

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 3/21/2017 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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LAWRENCE GEORGE HASH,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-1603-EFB P

v.

ORDER

SAMER A. KANAAN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action

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brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The claims alleged in the amended complaint (ECF No.

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15) arise out of events that occurred in Napa County.
The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial

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district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the

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district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions

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giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action

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is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in

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this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal

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jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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Venue properly lies in United States District Court for the Northern District of California,
and not in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(a).
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States

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District Court for the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

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DATED: March 21, 2017.

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