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Parties Involved:
574 Escuela, LLC
Defendant
Monte Cristo Inn B&B
Defendant
Peter Strojnik
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER STROJNIK, SR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

574 ESCUELA, LLC, dba MONTE 

CRISTO INN B&B,

Defendant.

1:18-cv-01520-LJO-EPG

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff has filed an action pursuant to the American with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 

§ 12101 et seq.

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 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 judicial district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided 

in this section, 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). 

Here, Defendant does not reside in this district, and the claim did not arise in this district. 

Rather, the claim arose in, and Defendant is located in, San Francisco County, which is in the 

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

States District Court for the Northern 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 Northern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 5, 2018 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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