James Bradley Haag v. Jeff Macomber

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BRADLEY HAAG, No. 2:24-cv-1624 CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFF MACOMBER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The events which form the basis of plaintiff’s claims occurred in San Bernardino County making the United States District Court for the Central District of California the most appropriate forum for this action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). The only connection to this district is plaintiff’s identification of certain California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials who appear to work in Sacramento in a supervisory capacity as defendants. Because liability in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case cannot be premised upon a theory of respondeat superior, Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.3d 740, 743-44 (9th Cir. 1978), and the defendants identified have no actual connection at this point to plaintiff’s claims, the Eastern…