Matevousian

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDGAR NELSON PITTS, 1:19-cv-01029-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR CHANGE OF VENUE

vs. (ECF No. 23.)

ANDRE MATEVOUSIAN, et al., ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO U.S.

DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT

Defendants. OF COLORADO

20 I. BACKGROUND Edgar Nelson Pitts (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this case on July 29, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) On August 31, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for change of venue. (ECF No. 23.) II. CHANGE OF VENUE 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…