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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

VICTOR G. QUIROZ,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-1166 GEB GGH P

vs.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA , et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff has filed a document entitled “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Challenging Decision to Involuntary Administer Medication.” Plaintiff is presently confined at

Napa State Hospital in Napa, California. Plaintiff requests that the court prohibit doctors at Napa

State Hospital from involuntarily medicating him. The court construes this action as a civil

rights action 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 “(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). 

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In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. The claim arose in Napa

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 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: 8/22/07

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

qui1166.tra

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