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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

GLENN MERRIFIELD,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-1069 GEB KJM PS

vs.

SANTA BARBARA CHP OFFICER, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. 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). 

In this case, the defendants are located and the claim arose in Santa Barbara,

which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiff's claim should have been filed

in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, 

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a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28

U.S.C. § 1406(a); In re Carefirst of Mayland, Inc.,305 F.3d 253, 256 (4th Cir. 2002).

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

United States District Court for the Central District of California.

DATED: June 1, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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