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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

XAVIER MORRIS FLESHER,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. RYU, et al.,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-00429 BAM (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff seeks compensation from the Los Angeles County Jail, the San 

Bernardino County Jail, the California Department of Corrections and a healthcare clinic in Los 

Angeles County. 

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 in which 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). 

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

Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, which are 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, 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: March 23, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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