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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARWIN CRABTREE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF BUTTE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-08058-DMR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

CASE SHOULD NOT BE 

TRANSFERRED

Plaintiff Darwin Crabtree filed a complaint on December 10, 2019. According to 

Plaintiff’s complaint, the incidents that form the basis of his complaint took place in Butte County, 

California. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391, a case may be filed 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 

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). Based on the allegations in the complaint, it appears that the proper venue 

for this case is the Eastern District of California because that is where “a substantial part of the 

events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2). When a plaintiff 

files his or her case in the wrong district, the court must either dismiss the case or transfer it to the 

District Court in the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Thus, unless Plaintiff can show 

legal authority for venue in this district, the court will transfer the case to the Eastern District of 

California. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, by no later than December 30, 2019,

Plaintiff shall show cause in writing why this case should not be transferred to the United States 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

District Court for the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 16, 2019

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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