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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

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). Moreover, where a party iniaties a matter 

within the wrong district, a federal court may, in the interest of justice, transfer the complaint to the 

correct district. See 28 U.S.C. ' 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. Plaintiff=s claim arose in San Diego 

TONY BLACKMAN,

 Plaintiff,

v.

PARAMO, et al.,

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Case No.: 1:13-cv-01481 – JLT (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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County, which lies within the Southern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff=s claim should have 

been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

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: September 16, 2013 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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