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Parties Involved:
Contra Costa County Domestic Relations
Defendant
Olatunji Raheem
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OLATUNJI RAHEEM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DOMESTIC 

RELATIONS, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:18-cv-2758-KJM-AC 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, who is proceeding in pro se, has filed an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. 

The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 

district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 

district is located, (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) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 

this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 

jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

 In this case, the claim arose in Contra Costa County, which is in the Northern District of 

California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the Northern District of 

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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: October 17, 2018 

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