Chaz Nelson v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHAZ NELSON, 1:25-cv-01344-SAB (PC)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

13 v. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

15 REHABILITATIONS,

16 Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 19 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 21 jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 22 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which 23 a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 24 of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an 25 action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any 26 defendant is subject to the…