Opinion
22-cv-02023-SK (PR)
03-31-2022
MICHAEL FRIES, K15230, Plaintiff, v. WARDEN PFEIFFER, et al., Defendants.
ORDER OF TRANSFER
SALLIE KIM UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a prisoner at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) in Delano, California, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging various aspects of the conditions of his confinement at KVSP. A substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim(s) occurred, and the defendants named reside, in Kern County, which lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Venue therefore properly lies in the Eastern District. See id. § 1391(b).
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
The clerk shall transfer this matter forthwith.
IT IS SO ORDERED.