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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN DOUGLAS DONAHOE,

Plaintiff, No. 2:11-cv-3089 KJN P

vs.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a San Diego county prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In

light of 1996 amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff’s request to

proceed in forma pauperis or the merits of plaintiff’s complaint. 

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 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, it appears that most of the named defendants are located, and the

claim arose, in San Diego County, which is in the Southern District of California. Therefore,

plaintiff’s action 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:

1. This court has not ruled on plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis; and

2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern

District of California.

DATED: December 1, 2011

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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