Johnson v. Padilla

Full title: NATHANIEL JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. A. PADILLA, et al., Defendants.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: May 18, 2015

2:15-cv-1054-EFB P (E.D. Cal. May. 18, 2015)

Opinion

NATHANIEL JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. A. PADILLA, et al., Defendants. No. 2:15-cv-1054-EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. May 18, 2015

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He asserts a claim arising out of events that occurred at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California.

         A civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, must be brought in "(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (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) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought." 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

         The Correctional Training Facility is in Monterey County. Because Monterey County lies within the venue of the Northern District of California, venue properly lies in that district and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(a).

         Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).