(PC) Roberts v. Monterey County Jail ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID ROBERTS, Case No. 2:20-cv-01751-JDP-P 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 13 v. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed a civil rights action 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 20 jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all 21 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which 22 a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part 23 of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an 24 action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any 25 defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. 26 § 1391(b). 27 In this case, plaintiff’s complaint does not reflect that any of the defendants reside in this 28 d istrict. Further, plaintiff’s claim arose in Monterey County, which is in the Northern District of 1 California. Thus, this action should have been filed in the United States District Court for the 2 Northern District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint 3 filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 4 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). 5 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 6 States District Court for the Northern District of California. 7 So ordered. 8 Dated: November 4, 2020 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28