Thorntona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIO A VALENZUELA, 1:23-cv-01525 HBK (PC)

Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

THORNTONA, et al., EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AND

CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO DIVISION

Defendant. (Doc. No. 1)

18 Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this pro se action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 19 U.S.C. § 1983 accompanied with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). 20 Because the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred at California State Prison, 21 Sacramento, which is located in Sacramento County, Plaintiff should have filed his complaint in 22 the Sacramento Division of this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); see also Ziegler v. Indian River 23 County, 64 F.3d 470, 474 (9th Cir. 1995) (reviewing federal court jurisdiction and venue in a § 24 1983 action). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the 25…