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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEDRO RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAMALA HARRIS, et al.

Defendants.

1:19-cv-00143-DAD-BAM

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Pedro Rodriguez, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1.) Plaintiff also has filed a motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis. (Doc. No. 2.) 

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

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all 

defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (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) if there is no district in which an 

action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any 

defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 

1391(b).

Here, not all defendants are residents of California, and the events or omissions at issue 

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arose in San Diego County, which is in 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. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong 

district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Ravelo Monegro v. Rosa, 211 F.3d 509, 

512 (9th Cir. 2000).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Southern District of California. The Court has not ruled on Plaintiff’s 

IFP application.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2019 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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