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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Tort Action

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM MARSHALL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-10-1674 LKK KJM PS 

vs.

SUE SUMMERSET, 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 wherein jurisdiction if founded only on diversity of citizenship may 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(a). 

In this diversity action, all of the defendants do not reside in the same state. 

However, a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claim occurred in the Southern

District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United States

District Court for the Southern District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court

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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 Southern District of California. 

DATED: July 6, 2010. 

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marshall.tra

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