(PC) Bruce v. Diaz ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 FRANK BRUCE, No. 2:20-cv-0454 CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 RALPH DIAZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. In this case, all but one of the defendants and plaintiff appear to reside in 19 Riverside County, and plaintiff’s claims concern conditions at Ironwood State Prison which is 20 also in Riverside County. Riverside County lies within the jurisdiction of the United States 21 District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, and for convenience 22 of the parties, the court will transfer this action to the Central District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); 23 Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). 24 ///// 25 ///// 26 ///// 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 2 | States District Court for the Central District of California. 3 | Dated: March 9, 2020 ee /- it LE 9 4 CAROLYN K. DELANEY 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8] 9 bruc0454.21a 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28