Beaton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL NIVARD BEATON Case No. 1:19-cv-01513-LJO-EPG 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO TRANSFER CASE TO THE SACRAMENTO v. DIVISION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMAZON.COM, INC.,

Defendants. (ECF NO. 2) 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This suit is against Defendant Amazon.com.Inc. (“Amazon”) for purported violations of the Constitution arising from breaches of a contract between Plaintiff and Amazon allegedly entered into in Modoc County, California. On November 21, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to transfer this case to the Sacramento division of the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 6.)1 Plaintiff claims that the action should have been filed there because the contract at issue was entered into in Modoc County. Venue is governed by 28 U.S.C. §…