(PC) Smith v. Municipality of Fresno County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 GARY PAUL SMITH, Case No. 1:19-cv-00651-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CHANGE

OF VENUE TO DISTRICT OF OREGON

v. (ECF No. 75) BROCKWAY, et al.,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

Defendants. SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

16 Plaintiff Gary Paul Smith is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. This case proceeds against Defendants Bishop and Brockway concerning Plaintiff’s claims that they were deliberately indifferent to his safety. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a change of venue to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, which the Court will deny for the reasons discussed below.1 (ECF No. 75). However, upon review of Plaintiff’s surviving claims, the Court determines that it is proper to transfer this case to the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California. 24 1 Plaintiff’s motion is a nondispositive…