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Parties Involved:
Gregory C. Bontemps
Plaintiff
Godina
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GREGORY C. BONTEMPS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GODINA, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-0601 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has neither filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 nor paid the filing fee for this action. 

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 Los Angeles County, which is in the Central District of 

California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United States District Court 

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for the Central District of 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 Central District of California. 

DATED: April 17, 2015 

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