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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Racketeering (RICO) Act

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ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ASAP TECHNICAL SERVICE INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-01608-EJD 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

On August 27, 2015, the court issued an order requiring Plaintiff Jacob Winding

(“Winding”) to show cause by September 4, 2015, why this action should not be transferred to the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Docket Item No. 16. As 

the court explained, venue in this district was improper under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) based on the 

allegations in the amended complaint because all of the real properties at issue are located in 

counties governed by the Eastern District of California. 

The court has reviewed the return to the order show cause filed by Winding, but finds that 

Winding failed to demonstrate why this case is properly situated before the Northern District of 

California. See Docket Item No. 29. Indeed, the only information in the return that is relevant to 

the venue issue is Winding’s representation that “his personal address” is located within this 

district. The Stockton address on his pleadings, however, falls within the Eastern District of 

California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(b).

Accordingly, the court finds that this action should be transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1406(a) (“The district court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division 

or district shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or 

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division in which it could have been brought.”). The Clerk shall TRANSFER this case to the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and shall close this court’s file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2015

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EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

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