Juan A. Gonzalez v. Danny Samuel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JUAN A. GONZALEZ, No. 2:25-cv-2724 SCR P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 DANNY SAMUEL, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeds pro se in this civil rights action 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 20 The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 21 district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 22 district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions 23 giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action 24 is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 25 this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 26 jurisdiction with respect to…