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Parties Involved:
Brandon Favor
Petitioner
Nikki Minaj
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON FAVOR,

Petitioner,

v.

NIKKI MINAJ,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-01851-JLT (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. ' 2254. 

The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 

jurisdiction, be brought only in A(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, the petitioner is challenging a conviction from Los Angeles County, which is 

in the Central District of California. Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United 

States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal 

court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. '

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1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974).

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 15, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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