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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN YOUNGER BONNOT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT

OFFICER AMAYA,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-02440 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

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

and an application for in forma pauperis (IFP) status. Plaintiff complains that Defendant Amaya, an

officer from the Los Angeles Police Department, violated his constitutional rights during his arrest.

Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet filed a

responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. See Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486,

1488 (9th Cir. 1986). When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in (1) the

district in which any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same state; (2) the

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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When venue is improper, the district court has the discretion to

either dismiss the case or transfer it "in the interest of justice." See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

The claims arise out of actions taken in Los Angeles, where Defendant Amaya is located. 

Therefore, the Western Division of the Central District of California, and not the Northern District,

is the district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions about which Plaintiff complains

occurred. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

Accordingly, in the interest of justice, this action is TRANSFERRED to the Western

Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Clerk of the

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Court shall transfer the case forthwith. All remaining motions are TERMINATED on this Court's

docket as no longer pending in this district.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 6/25/10 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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G:\PRO-SE\SBA\CR.10\Bonnot2440.Transfer.wpd3

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN YOUNGER BONNOT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-02440 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on June 25, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Younger Joan Bonnot E-53863

North Kern State Prison

P.O. Box 5000

Delano, CA 93216

Dated: June 25, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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