Beltran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 XEZAKIA ROUSE, No. 2:21–cv–1085–JAM–KJN PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER LAURA BELTRAN, (ECF No. 4) Defendant. 16 Still pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) with his complaint filed June 21, 2021. (ECF Nos. 1-2.) The undersigned declined to rule on the IFP motion initially because it appeared that this district, the Eastern District of California, might not be the proper venue for this case. On August 11, 2021, the court ordered plaintiff to show cause within 14 days why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice or transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where venue did appear proper, under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) or 1406(a). (ECF No. 3.) On August 30, 2021, several days beyond the deadline, plaintiff filed a response to the show cause order. (ECF No. 6.) Although plaintiff’s response does not demonstrate…