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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN RAY GHOLAR, SR., 1:24-cv-01297-SKO (HC) Petitioner,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF

GENA JONES, CALIFORNIA Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (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 the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as…