Diaz

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES PLAS SAMS, No. 2:20-CV-0568-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion, ECF No. 51, to consolidate actions. In his motion, Plaintiff seeks to consolidate the instant action with Sams v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al., No. 2:21-CV-0408-DB. A review of the docket in Sams v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. reflects that the matter was transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on March 22, 2021. See ECF No. 5 in 2:21-CV-0408-DB. The transfer order states: “In this case, the claim arose in Riverside County, which is in the Central District of California.” Id. at 2. As Defendants note in their opposition to Plaintiff’s…