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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHANIEL WADDELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. MINTON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:20-cv-0307 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, an inmate at Napa State Hospital proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has neither filed an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 nor paid the filing fee for this action.

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (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 action, 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). 

In this case, the defendants are located and the claim arose in Alameda County, and 

possibly also Napa County, which are both in the Northern District of California. Therefore, 

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plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern

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 Northern District of California.

Dated: February 13, 2020

13:wadd0307.21a

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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