(PC) Carrasco Carrasco v. Stanislaus County Sheriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAFAEL CARRASCO CARRASCO, Case No. 1:24-cv-000432-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

v. EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF, DIVISION et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this pro se action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accompanied with an application to proceed in forma pauperis on April 11, 2024 (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). Because the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred in Stanislaus Detention Center, East, which is in Stanislaus County, Plaintiff should have filed his complaint in the Sacramento Division of this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); see also Ziegler v. Indian River County, 64 F.3d 470, 474 (9th Cir. 1995) (reviewing federal court jurisdiction and venue in a § 1983 action). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the…