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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 28:1331(a) Fed. Question: Real Property

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GINA CARMICHAEL,

Plaintiff,

v.

WINDHAM PROFESSIONALS,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-2478 MCE CKD PS

ORDER

Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. Plaintiff alleges that defendant Windham 

Professionals is wrongfully collecting on plaintiff’s defaulted student loans. 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). 

In this action, defendant is a corporation located in East Aurora, New York. Therefore, 

plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United States District Court, Western District of 

New York. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong 

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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, Western District of New York.

Dated: October 19, 2016

4 carmichael2478.tra 

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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