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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331bv Fed. Question: Bivens-Prisoner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONNY LOVE,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN OFFICER OF THE BUREAU 

OF PRISONS, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-01432-DAD-DLB PC

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(Doc. 1)

Plaintiff Donny Love Way, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil action on September 22, 2015, pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of 

Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), which provides a remedy for violation of civil 

rights by federal actors. He names Unknown Officers and Administrators of the Federal Bureau of 

Prisons as Defendants. 

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

jurisdiction, be brought only in “(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). 

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In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim first arose at MCC 

San Diego, 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); 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 Court for the Southern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 26, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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