Pabon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEMONTREY ANDRE CUNNINGHAM, 1:20-cv-00862-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO TRANSFER CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMON PABON, et al.,

Defendants. (ECF No. 18)

17 Plaintiff Demontrey Andre Cunningham (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants Ramon Pabon and Herman Espinoza’s (“Defendants”) motion to transfer venue. (ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff filed his complaint on June 23, 2020, alleging excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendants. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that the events giving rise to this action occurred at the California Institution for Men. (Id.) On September 30, 2020, the Court entered a screening order finding that Plaintiff had stated a cognizable claim for excessive force in violation of the Eighth…