Taylor v. Arnold

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ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to Eastern District of California. Signed by Judge Nandor J. Vadas on 9/27/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(njvlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/27/2017) [Transferred from cand on 9/28/2017.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISON

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ROBERT LEE TAYLOR,

Case No. 17-cv-5249-NJV (PR)

Petitioner,
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ORDER OF TRANSFER

v.
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ERIC ARNOLD,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

Respondent.

Dkt. No. 4

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This is a civil rights case brought pro se by a state prisoner. While plaintiff has brought

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this as a habeas case, the action concerns his medical care. The allegations concern events that

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occurred at California State Prison-Solano. This prison lies with the venue of the United States

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District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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District and the defendants reside in that district. Venue, therefore, properly lies in that district

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and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). This case is TRANSFERRED to the United States

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

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motion (Docket No. 4) is VACATED as MOOT. The Clerk shall RECLASSIFY this case as

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one brought under nature of suit 555.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Plaintiff is incarcerated in the Eastern

Dated: September 27, 2017
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NANDOR J. VADAS
United States Magistrate Judge