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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SCOTT ARCELUS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALICIA BORREGO, ESQ.,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-00320-JLT (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a civil detainee 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).

In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Sonoma

County, which is in the Northern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff=s claim should have 

been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern 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); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 

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1974).

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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