(PC) Carrasco Carrasco v. Stanislaus County Sheriff

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAFAEL CARRASCO CARRASCO, Case No. 1:24-cv-000432-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

13 v. EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO

14 STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF, DIVISION et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this pro se action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983 accompanied with an application to proceed in forma pauperis on April 11, 2024 19 (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). Because the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred in Stanislaus 20 Detention Center, East, which is in Stanislaus County, Plaintiff should have filed his complaint in 21 the Sacramento Division of this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); see also Ziegler v. Indian River 22 County, 64 F.3d 470, 474 (9th Cir. 1995) (reviewing federal court jurisdiction and venue in a § 23 1983 action). Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the 24 proper court may, on the…