Kennison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK ANTHONY BROWN, 1:24-cv-00168-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

v. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

D. KENNISON, et al.

Defendant.

16 Plaintiff Mark Anthony Brown, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on February 6, 2024. (ECF Nos. 1 & 2). Plaintiff is suing several correctional officers at Pelican Bay State Prison, located in Crescent City, California, which is part of Del Norte County. 20 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 21 jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 22 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which 23 a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 24 of the property that is the subject of…