Cervantes v. Brown et al

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ORDER, CASE TRANSFERRED to Central District of California, signed by Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 8/12/2011. CASE CLOSED. (Marrujo, C)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALFREDO CERVANTES,

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1:11-cv-01314-SMS (PC)

Plaintiff,

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vs.

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ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY BROWN, et al,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity

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jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants

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reside in the same state, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions

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giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action

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is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in

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which the action may otherwise be brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Los Angeles

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County, which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been

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filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of

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justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See
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28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States
District Court for the Central District of California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
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August 12, 2011

/s/ Sandra M. Snyder
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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