Rico v. Beard et al

Filing 51

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE.. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 07/06/2017. (crblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/6/2017) [Transferred from cand on 7/7/2017.]

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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v.

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JEFFREY BEARD, et al.,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3:16-cv-4348-CRB

JORGE ANDRADE RICO,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff Jorge Rico is a prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison. SAC (dkt. 38) ¶ 7.

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From October 2014 until August 24, 2016, he was housed in solitary confinement. Id. Rico

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now brings claims for injunctive relief and damages, alleging that a suicide-prevention

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protocol ordered by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller caused him severe sleep deprivation as a

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result of the protocol’s hourly clangs of metal hitting metal. Id. ¶¶ 25–45; see also Coleman

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v. Brown, No. 2:90-cv-520-KJM (E.D. Cal.). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that, in the

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

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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 6, 2017

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CHARLES R. BREYER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE