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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Dorothy Ann Zapien
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DOROTHY ANN ZAPIEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-1206-EFB 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 

(“Commissioner”) denying her applications for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) and 

Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title II and XVI of the Social Security Act. 

Plaintiff, however, has commenced this action in the wrong district. 

 The Social Security Act’s venue statute provides that an individual may obtain review of a 

final decision of the Commissioner by filing a civil action in the district court for the judicial 

district in which the plaintiff resides. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). According to the complaint, plaintiff 

resides in Spring Valley, California (ECF No. ¶ 1), which is located in San Diego County. Thus, 

the Eastern District is not a proper venue for this action. See 28 U.S.C. 84(b) 

 The court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 84(d), 1404(a). The court declines to take action on 

plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

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 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that this action is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Southern District of California. 

DATED: June 8, 2016. 

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