UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH DEAN DAWSON, No. 2:20-cv-1140 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial district in which 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 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 action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In the instant case, plaintiff is incarcerated in the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, California, which is in Riverside County. Although plaintiff names numerous state | officials, it appears that he is challenging, inter alia, his prison transport to the Santa Clara County | Superior Court earlier this month. Thus, it appears that this claim arose in Riverside County, || which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been | brought in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong || district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 | (D.C. Cir. 1974). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United || States District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division. | DATED: June 30, 2020 ~ 1 Hhtlten—Chare ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE