(PC) Ento v. The State of New Jersey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHRISTIAN DAVID ENTO, Case No. 1:22-cv-01600-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

13 v. 14 THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Christian David Ento (“Plaintiff”), a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, has 17 filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a motion to proceed in 18 forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) 19 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 20 jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 21 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which 22 a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 23 of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an 24 action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any…