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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Cindi Dearmon
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CINDI DEARMON,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:12-cv-00345-AWI-SKO

ORDER TO FILE DECLARATION

SUBSTANTIATING PLAINTIFF'S

PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND SHOW

CAUSE WHY THE CASE SHOULD NOT

BE TRANSFERRED 

On March 7, 2012, Plaintiff filed the present action in this Court. Plaintiff seeks review of

the Commissioner's denial of her application for benefits. In her complaint, Plaintiff asserts that

venue is proper in the Fresno Division of this district because she is a resident of Fresno County. 

(Docs. 1, 2.) However, the Court finds nothing in the record that indicates Plaintiff currently resides

in Fresno County or in a county that is within the Fresno Division of the U.S. District Court for the

Eastern District of California ("Eastern District"). For example, notice of the Appeals Council's

January 3, 2012, denial of review was sent to Plaintiff in Jackson, California, which is in Amador

County. (Administrative Record ("AR") 1.) The hearing before the Administrative Law Judge took

place in Sacramento, California. (AR 52.) The appointment of representative form that Plaintiff

completed reflects that Plaintiff resides in Jackson, California. (AR 94.) 

Federal law is clear on the issue of venue – the claimant must file suit in the judicial district

where he or she resides, or has a principal place of business. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). If the claimant

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files suit in the wrong district, the Court may transfer venue to the proper district. Because the

evidence contained in the Administrative Record does not comport with the Civil Cover Sheet

Plaintiff submitted as to her place of residence, Plaintiff shall file a declaration under penalty of

perjury setting forth her address at the time she filed her complaint and her current address, to the

extent it has changed since March 7, 2012. In support of her declaration, Plaintiff shall provide

documentary evidence sufficient to establish her residential address at the time she filed her

complaint, and her current address to the extent it has changed since March 7, 2012, such as a utility

statement. To the extent Plaintiff's place of residence is not within this district, Plaintiff should show

cause why this case should not be transferred to the appropriate district court.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that on or before January 4, 2013:

1. Plaintiff shall file a declaration signed under penalty of perjurysetting forth her place

of residence at the time she filed her complaint in this matter and her current

residential address, to the extent it has changed since March 7, 2012; and

2. To the extent Plaintiff's place of residence is not within this district or within the

counties of the Fresno Division of the Eastern District, Plaintiff shall show cause why

this case should not be transferred to the appropriate district or division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2012 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

ie14hj UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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