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Parties Involved:
David Demarcus Haqq
Plaintiff
San Joaquin County
Defendant
Tracy Police Department
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

David Demarcus Haqq,

Plaintiff, 

 vs.

Tracy Police Department, San Joaquin

County,

Defendants.

 

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No. C 10-1628 JSW (PR) 

ORDER OF TRANSFER

(Docket No. 4)

Plaintiff, a prisoner currently incarcerated at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California,

has filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining about an illegal stop

by the Tracy Police Department. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma

pauperis (docket no. 4.)

In the complaint, Plaintiff raises claims against Defendants located within the

venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California as well as

an incident that occurred within that venue. Plaintiff alleges no basis for jurisdiction

within the venue of the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California. 

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

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

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). 

Plaintiff brings his claims involving Defendants who reside within the venue of

the Eastern District of California, in a case where a substantial part of the events or

omissions giving rise to the claim also occurred. See 28 U.S.C. §1391(b)(2). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED in the interest of justice, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1406(a), that this action be TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. In light of the transfer, the Court will not resolve

Plaintiff’s pending motion (docket no. 2). The Clerk of the Court shall transfer this

matter forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 21, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID D. HAQQ,

Plaintiff,

 v.

DOE 1 et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-01628 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on June 21, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

David Demarcus Haqq

5325 Broder Blvd.

Dublin, CA 94568

Dated: June 21, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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