(PC) Rojas v. California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT EUGENE ROJAS, 1:22-cv-00779 BAK (GSA) (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

v. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTION AND

REHABILITATION,

Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Robert Eugene Rojas, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where 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 the 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 section, any judicial district in which any 26 …