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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON ALEXANDER FAVOR,

Petitioner,

v.

DANIEL PARAMO,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-00810 JLT (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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, the petitioner is challenging a conviction and sentence from Los Angeles

County, which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, the petition should have been 

filed in that court. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a case 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, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the United States 

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District Court for the Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 15, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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