Quintana-Speas v. TCDC Torrance County Detention Center

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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 2/13/2017 TRANSFERRING this case to the USDC for the District of New Mexico.(Yin, K) [Transferred from California Eastern on 2/15/2017.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CARLITO QUINTANA-SPEAS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-0287-EFB P

v.

ORDER

TCDC TORRANCE COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff is an inmate confined to the Torrance County Detention Center in Estancia, New

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Mexico. He has filed a civil rights complaint concerning the conditions of his confinement and

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names Torrance County Detention Center as the sole defendant.
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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Venue properly lies in United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and
not in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 111.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States

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District Court for the District of New Mexico. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

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DATED: February 13, 2017.

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