(PC) Luther v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 12 EVERETT LUTHER, No. 2:19-cv-1442 DB P 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 Plaintiff, an inmate presently incarcerated at the East Mesa Reentry Facility in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff has not, however, filed a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(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…