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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN HERRERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN FERNANDO SUPERIOR 

COURTHOUSE, et al.,

Defendants.

1:15-cv-00185-GSA (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se with this civil rights complaint filed 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 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, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Los Angeles

County, which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, plaintiff=s claim should have 

been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest 

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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 Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 5, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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