(PC) Baker v. County of Alameda ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BOBBY BAKER, No. 2:23-cv-00249 DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a civil detainee at Coalinga State Hospital proceeding pro se, has filed a civil 18 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has filed an application to 19 proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) 20 The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 21 district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 22 district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions 23 giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action 24 is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 25 this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal 26 jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 27 In this case, the claim arose in Alameda County, which is in the Northern District of 28 California. Therefore, plaintiff’s claim should have been filed in the United States District Court 1 | forthe Northern District of California. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a 2 | complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. 3 | McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). 4 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United 5 | States District Court for the Northern District of California. 6 | Dated: June 16, 2023 7 8 g | DBAS □ ORAH BARNES DB/DB Prisoner Inbox/Civil Rights/R/bake0249.21 LINITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28