1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CYMEYON HILL, No. 2:24-cv-02652 EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MORGAN, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, who is confined in Napa State Hospital and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil 18 rights action pursuant to

. Plaintiff has neither filed an application to proceed in 19 forma pauperis pursuant to

nor paid the filing fee for this action. 20 The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 21 district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 22 district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions 23 giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action 24 is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 25 this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 26 jurisdiction with respect to such action.”

(b). 27 In this case, the defendant(s) are located and the claim arose in Napa County, which is in 28 the Northern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the 1 |} United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In the interest of justice, a 2 || federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 3 |

(a); Starnes v. McGuire,

(D.C. Cir. 1974). 4 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 5 || States District Court for the Northern District of California. 6 7 | Dated: October 16, 2024 Ly Wl, fA Ay Lim LT tig’ T LACH 8 ATED EEANTS MAGENTO 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28