Fisher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Case No.: 1:21-cv-01172-SKO (HC) Petitioner,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF

FISHER, CALIFORNIA Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is 25 …