Jones v. Powers et al

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 03/06/17 ordering CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RALPH EARL JONES,

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No. 2:17-cv-0470-EFB P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

JERRY E. POWERS, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983. His claim arises out of events that occurred in Los Angeles County.
The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial

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district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the

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district is located, (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 property that is the subject of the action

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is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in

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this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal

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jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).

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Plaintiff alleges that the events giving rise to this action occurred in Los Angeles County

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by defendants who are employed by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. No

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defendant is alleged to reside in this district. Because Los Angeles County lies within the venue
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of the Western Division of the Central District of California, venue properly lies in that district

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and not in this one. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 84(c)(1).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Western

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Division of United States District Court for the Central District of California. See 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1406(a).

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DATED: March 6, 2017.

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