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Parties Involved:
J. Fernald
Defendant
Charles Trayzon Gilbert
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES TRAYZON GILBERT,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. FERNALD,

Defendant.

1:20-cv-00176 (PC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

U.S.C. § 1983. 

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 the 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 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).

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In this case, none of the defendants reside in this district. 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 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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