Arturo Bernal v. Alex Villanueva

Case 2:22-cv-01423-MEMF-SK Document Filed 03/02/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARTURO BERNAL, Case No. 1:22-cv-00250-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. VILLANUEVA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Arturo Bernal (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) 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 provided in this section,…