Opinion
1:24-cv-000783-EPG (PC)
07-09-2024
AARON JACOB ENRIQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. NORCO PRISON, et al., Defendants.
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Because this case is being transferred, the Court will not address Plaintiff s application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2).
The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district where 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 the 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).
In this case, it does not appear that there is any Defendant located in this District. Moreover, the claims arise in Riverside County, which is in the Central District of California. Therefore, Plaintiff's complaint 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. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
IT IS SO ORDERED.