Green v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Sa Ron Raa Keem Jermaine Green v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.
- Susan Van Keulen
- 3:25-cv-08136
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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Green v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Judge Boone transferred the civil-rights case to the Northern District of California because venue was improper.
Sa Ron Raa Keem Jermaine Green and the defendants in his civil-rights case; the case was moved from the Eastern District of California to the Northern District of California.
What happened
Sa Ron Raa Keem Jermaine Green, a state prisoner representing himself, filed a civil-rights case under a federal law allowing claims against state officials. The case was filed in the Eastern District of California against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and other defendants.
The court said none of the defendants lived in the Eastern District. It also said the claims arose at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which is in the Northern District of California. The court therefore found that the case should have been filed in the Northern District.
Judge Stanley A. Boone ordered the case transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The order addressed where the case should proceed and did not rule on the underlying civil-rights claims.
The detailed version
- Green v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation · No. 3:25-cv-08136
- Susan Van Keulen
- Sept. 17, 2025
Background
Sa Ron Raa Keem Jermaine Green, identified as a state prisoner proceeding without a lawyer, filed a civil-rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The caption names the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and other defendants.
Venue analysis
The court applied the federal venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). It found that none of the defendants resided in the Eastern District of California. It also found that the claims arose at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, which is located in the Northern District of California. The court concluded that the case should have been filed in the Northern District.
Disposition
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district when doing so serves the interests of justice. The court ordered that the matter be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Stanley A. Boone did not decide the underlying civil-rights claims in this order.
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