Gray

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 BRANDON ALEXANDER FAVOR, Case No. 1:19-cv-01535-DAD-EPG 9 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v.

ETTA MAE GRAY, et al.,

Defendants. 13 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 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 reside in the same state, (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) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In this case, there is no indication that any of the defendants reside in the Eastern District of California, and the Complaint states that the claim arose in Men’s…