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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON LATRELL THOMAS, No. 2:21-cv-02003 JAM AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER SERENA J. HAIRE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in pro se, has filed a complaint that addressed matters unrelated to his conditions of confinement. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for an injunction, and an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF Nos. 4, 7. 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 (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this action, any judicial…