Tommy Jay Eugene Joseph Reid v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOMMY JAY EUGENE JOSEPH REID, 1:25-cv-001541-HBK (PC)

Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

STANISLAUS COUNTY PUBLIC

SAFETY CENTER,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this pro se action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 12, 2025. (Doc. No. 1). Because the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred at Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, located in Modesto and Stanislaus County, 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); E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the correct court. The Court finds it in the interests of…