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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEREMY PINSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT McFADDEN, et al.,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-00162-DLB (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights 

action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). 

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

jurisdiction, be brought only in A(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).

In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in San 

Bernardino County, 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 

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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 Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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