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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIMMY FLOYD ORTIZ, 1:07-cv-01389-OWW-NEW(DLB)-(PC)

 Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 

OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, 

Defendant.

 /

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

U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

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 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, there is no evidence that any defendant resides in this district. The claim arose in

San Francisco County, which is in the Northern District of California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim

should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In

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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.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 28, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

220hhe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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