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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 00:0000 Cause Code Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN M. BODENHEIMER,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0012 DFL JFM PS

vs.

DANA R. ARMSTRONG, aka

DANA A. BODENHEIMER, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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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. This court will not

rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

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 Los

Lunas, New Mexico, which is in the District of New Mexico. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should

have been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. 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:

1. This court has not ruled on plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis; and

2. This matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the District of

New Mexico.

DATED: May 11, 2006.

/001;bodenheimer.21

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