Meadows

Filing 10

ORDER of Transfer. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 7/11/2012. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service). (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/11/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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In Re

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MICHANN MEADOWS,

No. C-12-0974 EMC (pr)
ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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This action was opened on February 11, 2012, when the Court received from Michann

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Meadows a letter to Judge Henderson that concerned prison conditions. On that date, the Court

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notified Ms. Meadows in writing that her action was deficient in that she had not attached a

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complaint and had not filed an in forma pauperis application. The Court further notified her that

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this action would be dismissed if she did not submit a complaint within thirty days. Ms. Meadows

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thereafter filed a request for an extension of time to proceed in this case and for appointment of

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counsel. The Court denied her request for appointment of counsel, and extended the deadline for her

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to file a complaint until June 29, 2012. Order Denying Counsel and Extending Deadline, p. 2.

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Meadows then filed a letter to the Clerk that she characterized as a civil rights complaint

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(Docket # 6), a one-page in forma pauperis application (Docket # 7), and another motion for

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appointment of counsel (Docket # 8).

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The letter that Meadows characterized as a complaint complains of events and omissions that

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occurred at the Valley State Prison for Women and the Central California Women's Facility, both of

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which are in Chowchilla. Chowchilla is located in Madera County, within the venue of the Eastern

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District of California. She did not list any defendants, but the potential defendants – i.e., the persons

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mentioned in the letter – work at those prisons and apparently reside in the Eastern District of

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California. No defendant is alleged to reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to

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the complaint occurred in, the Northern District. Venue therefore would be proper in the Eastern

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District, and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interest of justice and

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court

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for the Eastern District of California. The Clerk shall transfer this matter.

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This Court has not ruled upon, and leaves it to the transferee court to rule upon, the in forma
pauperis application and the renewed motion for appointment of counsel.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 11, 2012

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge

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