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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY LEE HENSLEY, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. Civ. 07-0097 LKK KJM PS

vs.

VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiffs are proceeding in this action pro se. The federal venue statute requires

that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, 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(b). 

In this case, the defendant is located and the claim arose in Ventura County,

which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiffs’ claim should have been filed

in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice,

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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.

DATED: February 23, 2007. 

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hensley.tra

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