(PC) Clark v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE JAMES CLARK, SR., 1:24-cv-00720-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO

CORRECTIONS, et al. DIVISION Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, initiated this pro se action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accompanied with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). Because the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred in Solana County, which is located within the venue of the Sacramento Division of this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); see also Ziegler v. Indian River County, 64 F.3d 470, 474 (9th Cir. 1995) (reviewing federal court jurisdiction and venue in a § 1983 action). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the…