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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMANDO VILLARREAL HEREDIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN LAWRENCE, et al,

Defendants.

1:17-cv-00717-MJS (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 

Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on 

diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in A(1) a judicial district where any defendant 

resides, if all defendants reside in the same state, (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) a judicial 

district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action 

may otherwise be brought.@ 28 U.S.C. ' 1391(b).

In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in San 

Diego County, which is in the Southern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff=s claim 

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should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern 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).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the 

United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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