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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM ALLEN, 

Plaintiff,

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant .

 

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No. C 05-2251 JSW (PR) 

TRANSFER ORDER

(Docket Nos. 2, 4)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California Men’s Colony

located in San Luis Obispo, California. He filed this civil rights action in the United

States District Court for the Northern District of California on June 2, 2005. The

complaint, while largely incomprehensible, apparently challenges his arrest by parole

officers in Long Beach, California in July, 2004. Plaintiff has also filed two motions

seeking to proceed in forma pauperis (docket nos. 2, 4). 

Plaintiff's complaint was not filed in the proper district. When jurisdiction is not

founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the district in which (1) any defendant

resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same state, (2) the 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). Where a case is filed in the wrong

venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the case or transfer it to the

proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Venue may be
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raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet filed a responsive

pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488

(9th Cir. 1986). 

It is apparent from this Court’s review of the complaint that Plaintiff alleges

events occurring within the venue of the Central District of California. Therefore, the

Court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Central District

of California. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District

Court for the Central District of California. The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this

matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 9, 2005

 

Jeffrey S. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE