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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JARED M. THEOBALD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

AMERICAN CANYON POLICE DEPT., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:19-cv-0229 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought 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 action, 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). 

 In this case, the defendants are located and the claim arose in Napa County, which is in 

the Northern District of California. Specifically, plaintiff’s first claim relates to his arrest by an 

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American Canyon police officer in American Canyon, California. ECF No. 1 at 3. The city of 

American Canyon is in Napa County. Further, plaintiff’s second claim arises from his 

incarceration at Napa County Detention Center. Id. at 4. 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. 

1974). 

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

States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

DATED: February 21, 2019 

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