Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, JR., Case No. 1:19-cv-01717-BAM (PC) Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAVIER GONZALEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Billy Driver, Jr. is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 12, 2019, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint, (ECF No. 1), and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 2). 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…