(PC) Franks v. Roberts ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TOM M. FRANKS, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01582-CDB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 v. 14 ROBERTS et al, 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Tom M. Franks (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 18 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1). 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, none of the defendants reside in this district and the claim arose in San Diego 28 County, which is in the Southern District of Califo rnia. (Doc. 1). Therefore, plaintiff’s claim 1 | should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 2 | In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the 3 | correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); McKinney v. Rianda, 262 Fed. Appx. 785, 786 (9th Cir. 4 | 2007) (district court properly transfers prisoner’s civil rights action to transferee district where 5 | “most of the defendants resided in and a substantial part of the events giving rise to [the 6 | prisoner’s] claims occurred in the [transferee district].”) (unpublished). 7 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 8 || States District Court for the Southern District of California. 9 | ITIS SO ORDERED. '0| Dated: _November 14, 2023 | hr 11 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 >