Kendall DeJuan Simon v. State of California

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA KENDALL DEJUAN SIMON, 1:21-cv-01221-SAB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 13 v. CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983.

19 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 26 1391(b).

27 /// /// 2 In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Los Angeles | County, which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have | been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest | of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct || district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

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

10 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee | Dated: _ August 16, 2021 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28 >