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Parties Involved:
Sergio Martinez
Plaintiff
Sherra D. Miller
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO MARTINEZ, 

Plaintiff,

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SHERRA D. MILLER, et al, 

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No. C 07-6001 TEH (PR)

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket No. 2)

Plaintiff, apparently a state prisoner of the state of Texas, currently incarcerated

at the Hughes Unit in Gatesville, Texas, has filed a pro se civil rights action under 42

U.S.C. § 1983 in this district, complaining about his private attorney, the conduct of his

prosecution in Houston, Texas and the conditions of his confinement. However,

Plaintiff has not established jurisdiction in this Court. The events or omissions giving

rise to the claims occurred, and the Defendants named reside, in Harris County, which

lies within the venue of the Southern District of Texas. See 28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(2). 

Venue therefore properly lies in the Southern District of Texas. See id. § 1391(b).

When jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity, venue is proper in the

district in which (1) any defendant resides, if all of the defendants reside in the same

state, (2) the 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) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no

district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Where a

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case is filed in the wrong venue, the district court has the discretion either to dismiss the

case or transfer it to the proper federal court “in the interest of justice.” 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a). Venue may be raised by the court sua sponte where the defendant has not yet

filed a responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks,

790 F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, in the interest of justice and pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1406(a), this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for

the Southern District of Texas. In light of the transfer, this Court will not resolve

Plaintiff’s pending motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk shall transfer this

matter forthwith.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/11/07 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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