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Parties Involved:
Charles J. Easley
Plaintiff
P. Smith
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES J. EASLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

P. SMITH,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-1429 KJM DAD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a California state prisoner, proceeds pro se in this civil rights action filed 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, 

Mississippi. 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). 

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In this case, the defendant is located and the claim arose in Tallahatchie County, which is 

situated within the boundaries of the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

Mississippi, Oxford Division. Therefore, plaintiff’s action should have been filed in that court. 

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, pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1406(a), to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, 

Oxford Division, Federal Building Room 369, 911 Jackson Avenue E, Oxford, Mississippi 

368655.

Dated: August 26, 2015

DAD:10/kly

easl1429.21a

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