Reynoso

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY CHARLES CLEVELAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00154-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

v. REYNOSO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Larry Charles Cleveland (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not yet filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, or paid the filing fee for this action. 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…