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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID BENNETT, No. 2:23-cv-0040 DAD CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 29, 2023, plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed with leave to amend. Plaintiff has now filed an amended complaint. After reviewing the amended complaint, the court finds that transfer to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California is appropriate. 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…