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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA 

JOHNNY BANTA, )

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Plaintiff, ) 2:13-cv-00222-JCM-PAL

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vs. )

) ORDER

UNITED STATES, et al., )

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Defendants. )

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Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

Plaintiff’s civil rights complaint concerns allegations of mistreatment at a detention facility in

Tucson, Arizona. 

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

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(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 Pima County,

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Arizona, which is within the District of Arizona. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed

in the Tucson Division of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. In the interests

of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States

District Court for the District of Arizona, Tucson Division.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall file all future papers and pleadings with

the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Tucson Division, at the Evo A.

DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress St., Suite 1500, Tucson, AZ 85701-5010, unless

otherwise directed by the court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall file no further papers or pleadings in this

action in this United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Dated this ______ day of February, 2013. 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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March 1, 2013.

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