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Parties Involved:
Bobby Nava
Plaintiff
Alex Villanueva
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BOBBY NAVA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ALEX VILLANUEVA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:20-cv-0418 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915. 

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 section, 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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 In this case, 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 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. 

DATED: March 3, 2020 

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