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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD F. MARTINEZ, 1:24-cv-01073-HBK (PC)

Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

C. RIOS, EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO

Defendant. DIVISION

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on September 11, 2024. (Doc. No. 1, “Complaint’). Plaintiff did not accompany his Complaint with the filing fee or an application to proceed in forma pauperis. A review of the Complaint reveals that the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred at High Desert State Prison, which is in Lassen County. Thus, Plaintiff should have filed his complaint in 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). …