Jenkins v. Appeal Coordinator R J Donovan Facility et al

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 1/14/09 ORDERING that case is TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of California. CASE CLOSED(Dillon, M) [Transferred from California Eastern on 1/21/2009.]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 vs. R.J. DONOVAN, APPEALS COORDINATOR, et al., Defendants. / Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, must be brought in "(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought." 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Here, most defendants and claim occurred in the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California which is in the Southern District of California. 28 U.S.C. § 84(d). 1 ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CHRISTOPHER LEE JENKINS, Plaintiff, No. CIV S-09-0080 EFB P

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Therefore, in the interest of justice, this action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). So ordered. DATED: January 14, 2009.

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