Humes v. Salt Lake City

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 2/20/2018 ORDERING CASE TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. (Henshaw, R) [Transferred from California Eastern on 2/21/2018.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JON HUMES,

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No. 2:18-cv-0351-EFB P
Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. He asserts claims arising out of events that occurred in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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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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In this case, the defendant is located in and the claims arose in Utah. Venue, therefore

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properly lies in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. For the convenience of

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the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, this case will be transferred to the District

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of Utah. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 125.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States

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

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Dated: February 20, 2018.

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