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Parties Involved:
Carlito Quintana-Speas
Plaintiff
TCDC Torrance County Detention Center
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CARLITO QUINTANA-SPEAS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TCDC TORRANCE COUNTY 

DETENTION CENTER, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:17-cv-0287-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is an inmate confined to the Torrance County Detention Center in Estancia, New 

Mexico. He has filed a civil rights complaint concerning the conditions of his confinement and 

names Torrance County Detention Center as the sole defendant. 

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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Venue properly lies in United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and 

not in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); 28 U.S.C. § 111. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the District of New Mexico. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 

DATED: February 13, 2017. 

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