Overton v. Warden CMC East et al

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ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL AND OF TRANSFER. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 2/7/2024. (kkp, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/7/2024)Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL L. OVERTON,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL
AND OF TRANSFER

v.

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WARDEN CMC EAST, et al.,

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Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 24-cv-00632-JSW

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is located at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton, California.

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He complains about events that allegedly took place at the California Men’s Colony (“CMC”),

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where the named individual Defendants are located.1
When, as here, jurisdiction is not founded on diversity, venue is proper in the district in

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which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same state, (2) the district in

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which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a

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substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in

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which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be

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brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the

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discretion either to dismiss the case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of

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justice.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

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Plaintiff includes several individual defendants identified only by their title, e.g. “Bank of the
West C.E.O.” but does not allege actions or omissions by them. The only Defendant who appears
to be located within this district is the San Francisco Regional Director of the Social Security
Administration. Plaintiff claims he never received a social security check. These allegations are
unrelated to the remainder of Plaintiff’s claims and are therefore DISMISSED without prejudice to
bringing them in a separate action.
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Plaintiff’s allegations arise out of events occurring at CMC, and the allegedly responsible

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officials are located there. CMC is in San Luis Obispo County, which lies within the venue of the

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United States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84.

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Accordingly, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this case is
TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this matter forthwith.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 7, 2024

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JEFFREY S. WHITE
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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