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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDRE JUSTE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN B. REID, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-07120-HSG (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff, a detainee at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York, filed 

this action against employees of the United States Department of Justice’s Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, Office of Information Policy, and Justice Management Division. His claims 

concern his inability to obtain documents and other concerns relating to his immigration 

proceedings.

When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, as here, venue is proper in the district 

in which (1) 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 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). The acts complained of here occurred in Batavia, New York,

which is in the Western District of New York. There appears to be no link to this district. Venue, 

therefore, properly lies in that district and not in this one. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

This case is therefore TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Western 

District of New York. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). In view of the transfer, the Court will not rule 

upon plaintiff's request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk shall transfer the file 

forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

1/12/2017

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