1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 || Ali L. MOHAMMADI, Case No.: 24-cv-0553-AGS-AHG 4 Pant) ORDER GRANTING JOINT 5 || V. MOTION TO TRANSFER CIVIL 6 || UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION ACTION (ECF 4) 7 AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES, et al., g Defendants. 9 10 The parties jointly move to transfer venue. Their motion is granted. 11 A “civil action may be brought in-(1) a judicial district in which any defendant 12 resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located; [or] (2) a 13 ||judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the 14 |/claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is 15 ||situated[.]”

(b); Costlow v. Weeks,

(9th Cir. 1986). 16 || If a case “falls within” these categories, then “venue is proper; if 1t does not, venue is 17 ||amproper, and the case must be dismissed or transferred.” Atlantic Marine Const. Co. v. 18 || United States Dist. Ct. for W. Dist. of Texas,

(2013). 19 “Plaintiff resides in the Central District of California, no defendant resides in this 20 ||judicial district,” and the action concerns a petition being handled at a federal-agency 21 Service center in Maryland. (See ECF 4, at 1.) Thus, the joint motion is GRANTED. The 22 || Clerk is directed to TRANSFER this civil action for lack of proper venue, in the interests 23 || of justice, and for the convenience of the parties, to the United States District Court for the 24 Central District of California. 25 Dated: April 8, 2024 26 4 i / 7 Hon. Trew G. Schopler United States District Judge 28