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Parties Involved:
Raul Aguilera
Plaintiff
Six Unknown Names Agents
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAUL AGUILERA, ) 1:06-CV-00583-OWW-LJO-P

)

Plaintiff, )

vs. ) ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO

) INFORM THE COURT WHETHER

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS, ) HE WISHES TO PROCEED WITH

) THIS ACTION

)

Defendants. )

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Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to Bivens v. Six

Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Plaintiff has not paid the $350 filing fee or submitted an

application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred

to this court by Local Rule 72-302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional

Institution at Waseca, Minnesota, brings this civil rights action against unknown defendants employed

by the Bureau of Prisons at Waseca. 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 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 Waseca County,

which is in the District of Minnesota. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United

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States District Court for the District of Minnesota. 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). 

Plaintiff is cautioned that the filing fee for a civil action in federal court is $350.00. Should 

Plaintiff desire to proceed with this action, the court will transfer this case to the District of Minnesota,

and that court will direct the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to collect and forward to the court the $350.00 filing

fee from Plaintiff’s inmate trust account. 

Plaintiff is advised that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(i), he may dismiss

this case on his own motion. Should plaintiff file a notice of voluntary dismissal in response to this

order, this case will be dismissed without prejudice, and without the entry of a payment order. 

Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to inform the court whether

he intends to proceed with this action. Plaintiff’sfailure to file a response to this order within thirty days

will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute.

 Should this court dismiss this case for failure to prosecute, a payment order will not be entered. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall file, within thirty days of the date

of service of this order, a response to this order, indicating whether he desires to proceed with this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b6edp0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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