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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH L. ARANT, No. 2:25-cv-0416 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 30, 2025, plaintiff filed a complaint alleging violations of his civil rights by defendants employed at California State Prison, Los Angeles County. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial district in which 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 property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an…