Lott

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JONATHAN LOTT, ) 1:21-cv-01471-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CRAIGE KOENIG, ) NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Respondent. ) ) )

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 17 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he challenges a prison disciplinary action. 18 Petitioner has submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis which has been not been 19 ruled on by this court. 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 defendants 22 are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial 23 part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property 24 that is…