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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Tort Action

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E. DRAKE,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAFEWAY INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-00048-DMR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

CASE SHOULD NOT BE 

TRANSFERRED

Plaintiff E. Drake filed the complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

(“IFP”) on January 3, 2019. [Docket Nos. 1, 2.] According to Plaintiff’s complaint, the incident 

that forms the basis for his complaint took place in Dallas, Texas, and Plaintiff lives in Atlanta, 

Georgia. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391, a civil action may be filed 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 section, 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). Based on the allegations in the complaint, it appears that the proper venue 

for this case is the Northern District of Texas because that is where “a substantial part of the 

events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2). When a plaintiff 

files his or her case in the wrong district, the court must either dismiss the case or transfer it to the 

District Court in the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Thus, unless Plaintiff can establish 

that this case is properly venued in this district, the court will transfer the case to the Northern 

District of Texas. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, by no later than January 18, 

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2019, Plaintiff shall file a statement explaining why this case should not be transferred to the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2019

______________________________________

 DONNA M. RYU 

United States Magistrate Judge

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E. DRAKE,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAFEWAY INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:19-cv-00048-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 8, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

E. Drake

P.O. Box 20084

Atlanta, GA 30318 

Dated: January 8, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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