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Parties Involved:
Kaiser Permanente
Defendant
Danita Williams
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANITA WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAISER PERMANENTE,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-06998-DMR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

CASE SHOULD NOT BE 

TRANSFERRED

Pro se Plaintiff Danita Williams filed a complaint and an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis (“IFP”). [Docket Nos. 1, 2.] According to Plaintiff’s complaint, the incident(s) that form

the basis of her complaint took place in Vallejo, California, which is in Solano County, and 

Plaintiff lives in Vallejo, California. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391, a case may be filed 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 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). Based on the allegations in the complaint, it appears that the proper venue 

for this case is the Eastern District of California because that is where “a substantial part of the 

events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2). When a plaintiff 

files his or her case in the wrong district, the court must either dismiss the case or transfer it to the 

District Court in the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Thus, unless Plaintiff can show 

legal authority for venue in this district, the court will transfer the case to the Eastern District of 

California. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, by no later than November 13, 2019,

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Plaintiff shall file a statement explaining why this case should not be transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2019 

______________________________________

 DONNA M. RYU 

United States Magistrate Judge

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