Nichols v. Kerrean et al

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 1/22/2018 TRANSFERRING CASE to the Northern District of California. CASE CLOSED. (York, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JASON NICHOLS,

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Plaintiff,

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No.2:18-cv-00041-JAM-GGH

v.

ORDER

SCOTT KERREAN, CDCR Director, et
al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff filed this civil rights complaint on January 8, 2018, alleging constitutional

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violations that occurred while he was imprisoned in Salinas Valley Prison, Soledad, California.

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ECF No. 1. Therefore, the injury occurred in a location served by the Northern District of

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California, not this District. Plaintiff has since been released from incarceration and is living in

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Pomona, California (Central District). All defendants, except Scott Kerrean (CDCR Director),

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are officers or officials located at the prison in Soledad and all records associated with the action

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are presumably to be found there as well. The CDCR Director is a nominal defendant with no

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factual connection to this lawsuit. Therefore, the proper venue for this case is in the Northern

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District of California

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In light of the foregoing IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: The Clerk of the Court shall
transfer this matter to the Northern District of California and close this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 22, 2018
/s/ Gregory G. Hollows
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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