Canada v. California Medical Facility-Vacaville et al

Filing 6

ORDER OF TRANSFER. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on October 16, 2017. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/16/2017)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 RONALD LEE CANADA, Plaintiff, 8 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 Case No. 17-cv-05170-JST (PR) ORDER OF TRANSFER v. CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITYVACAVILLE, et al., Defendants. 12 13 Ronald Lee Canada, an inmate at the California Men’s Colony, filed this pro se civil rights 14 action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining about events and omissions at the California Medical 15 Facility (“CMF”), where he was previously incarcerated. CMF is located in Solano County, 16 within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). No defendant is 17 alleged to reside in, and none of the events or omissions giving rise to the complaint occurred in, 18 the Northern District. Venue therefore is proper in the Eastern District, and not in this one. See 19 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, in the interests of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), 20 this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 21 California. The Clerk shall transfer this matter. 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 16, 2017 24 25 26 27 28 JON S. TIGAR United States District Judge

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