Jones v. California Correctional Healthcare Services et al

Filing 9

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE. Signed by Judge William Alsup on 4/3/17. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(dl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/3/2017)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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No. C 16-6849 WHA (PR)
ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff,
For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

GARLAND AARON JONES,
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vs.
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(Dkt. Nos. 2, 5)

CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL
HEALTH CARE SERVICES;
INMATE APPEALS BRANCH

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Defendants.
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Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights complaint under
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42 U.S.C 1983. When he filed this case, Plaintiff was incarcerated at Valley State Prison in
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Chowchilla, California, but he is no at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San
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Diego, California. Defendants are the California Correctional Health Care Services, an entity
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responsible for overseeing medical care of California prisoners, and the Inmate Appeals Branch
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of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Plaintiff alleges that he was
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approved for a chest reduction surgery, but defendants subsequently denied him the surgery.
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Defendants are located in Sacramento County, California, and that is where the events
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giving rise to the complaint — namely, defendants’ decision to deny surgery. Sacramento
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County lies within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
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California. 28 U.S.C. 84(b). As a result, the proper venue for this civil rights action is the
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Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 1391. Accordingly, this case is TRANSFERRED to

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the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. 1404(a),

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1406(a). Ruling on plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is deferred to the

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Eastern District.

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The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April
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, 2017.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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