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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLAUDE DIXON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTOPHER DIXON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2982 MCE CKD PS

ORDER

Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. Plaintiff alleges diversity as the basis for 

subject matter jurisdiction. The federal venue statute provides that a civil action may be brought 

only in “(1) a judicial district where 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 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). 

The property which is the subject of this action is located in Azle, Texas, which is located 

in Tarrant County. Defendants also reside in Azle, Texas. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should 

have been filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. In the interest of 

justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. 

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

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

States District, Northern District of Texas. 

Dated: January 8, 2015

4 dixon.tra

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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