Arevalos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT HACKWORTH, Case No. 1:19-cv-01362-NODJ-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO TRANSFER VENUE

v. (Doc. 105) E. AREVALOS, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Robert Hackworth is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. T his action proceeds on First and Eighth Amendment claims alleged in Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendant Arevalos. (See Docs. 20, 89.) Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to transfer venue, filed September 11, 2023. (Doc. 105.) Defendant timely opposed (Doc. 108) and Plaintiff did not file an optional reply. BACKGROUND Plaintiff’s claims arose during his incarceration at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (“SATF”) in Corcoran, California. On March 1, 2018, Plaintiff was involved in a verbal altercation with correctional officer (“CO”) Arevalos regarding a missing…