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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MANJIT GORAYA,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUGO F. MARTINEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04844-DMR 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO 

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA

On October 21, 2015, Defendant Norma Martinez removed this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1441 from Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin, where it was pending as a 

complaint against Defendants Hugo F. Martinez, Norma Martinez, and Celia Domionquez. 

Defendant Norma Martinez also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Based on the notice of removal, it appears that the proper venue for this case is the Eastern 

District of California, because it “embraces” San Joaquin County, where the action was pending. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) (“any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of 

the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, 

to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where 

such action is pending.”). According to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), “[t]he district court of a district in 

which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if it be in the 

interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been 

brought.” On October 28, 2015, the court issued an Order to Show Cause why the case should not 

be transferred to the Eastern District of California. [Docket No. 4.] Defendant Norma Martinez 

did not respond. Accordingly, the court hereby orders the clerk to transfer this case to the Eastern 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2015

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Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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