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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON FAVOR-EL,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAVANNAH GUTHRY, et al.,

Defendants.

1:15-cv-01864-MJS (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. 

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 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 

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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 Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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