Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL PEREZ, No. 2:20-cv-2142 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff claims, inter alia, that while housed at Ironwood State Prison, he was targeted for early morning cell searches based on race, and he and other inmates were not allowed to pursue group appeals. (ECF No. 1.) The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial district in which 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 property that is the subject of the action is situated, or…