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Parties Involved:
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
Defendant
Keith Moore
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEITH MOORE,

 Plaintiff, 

 

vs.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFFS

DEPARTMENT, 

Defendants.

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1:10-cv-448 DLB (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

reside in the same state, (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) 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).

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

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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: March 17, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

77e0d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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