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Parties Involved:
Brandon Alexander Favor
Petitioner
Pat L. Vasquez
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON ALEXANDER FAVOR,

Petitioner,

v.

PAT L. VASQUEZ,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-01809-JLT (HC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In this case, Petitioner is challenging a conviction from Los Angeles County, which is in 

the Central District of California. However, the federal venue statute requires that a civil action, 

other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in A(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). Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the United States District 

Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer 

a case 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, the Court ORDERS that this matter is transferred to the United States 

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District Court for the Central District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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