Brond

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD C. EVERETT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01496-EPG (PC)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

13 v. CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

14 PAROLE BROND, et al.,

15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 18 § 1983, together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 19 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 20 jurisdiction, be brought only in: “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all 21 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located; (2) a judicial district in which 22 a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 23 of property that is the subject of the action is situated; or (3) if there is no district in which an 24 action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which…