Anthony Allen Oliver v. County of Los Angeles et al

Filing 25

MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Magistrate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato: denying 16 MOTION to Change Venue. (See Order for details) (dts)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES--GENERAL

Case No. CV 15-03995-SJO (KK)

Date: July 1, 2015

Title: Anthony Allen Oliver v. County of Los Angeles, et al.
DOCKET ENTRY
PRESENT:

HON. KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
None
Court Reporter/Recorder

Deb Taylor
Deputy Clerk
ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF(S):

None

PROCEEDINGS:

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT(S):

None

(IN CHAMBERS) Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer Venue

On June 29, 2015, Plaintiff Anthony Allen Oliver (“Plaintiff”) filed a Motion
to transfer venue to the Western Division of the Central District of California
(“Motion”). ECF Docket No. 16. In support of his Motion, Plaintiff cites 28 U.S.C.
§ 1404(a).
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), “[f]or the convenience of parties and
witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any
other district or division where it might have been brought.” Plaintiff requests a
transfer to the Western Division for a variety of reasons.1 However, this case is
already assigned to the Western Division as reflected in its case number.
Specifically, pursuant to General Order 14-03,

1

The Court notes that throughout Plaintiff’s motion he often provides purported
reasons for having the case heard simply in “California” and the “Central District of
California,” rather than the Western Division of the Central District of California. See
e.g., Motion at 6, 8-9. Additionally, many of the reasons Plaintiff proffers in support
of his Motion are simply incorrect. For example, Plaintiff incorrectly states the
“Western Division has subpoena powers over more witnesses and evidence and
greater access to proof than the Eastern Division” and “the case will proceed to trial
faster in the Western Division.” Id. at 4, 13. Nonetheless, because this case is, in fact,
already assigned to the Western Division, the Court declines to address these issues.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES--GENERAL
Case No.: CV 15-03995-SJO (KK)
Anthony Allen Oliver v. County of Los Angeles, et al.

July 1, 2015
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[t]he components of a civil case number include a one-digit
office code “d,” indicating the division in which the case is
first assigned (2 for Western, 5 for Eastern, 8 for Southern),
followed by a two-digit indicated “yy” to show the year of
filing, followed by an indicator of the case type (“CV” for
civil), followed by a five-digit number assigned sequentially
in each division and resuming at the beginning of each year
with “00001.”
Here, as reflected on the Court’s Case Management/Electronic Case Files
(CM/ECF) system, the case number assigned to this case is “2:15-cv-03995.” Hence,
this case is already assigned to the Western Division. Moreover, the Court notes the
District Court Judge assigned to this case, the Honorable S. James Otero, is located in
the Western Division.
Thus, Plaintiff’s Motion to transfer venue is DENIED as moot.

Initials of Deputy Clerk

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