Opinion
2:23-cv-00413-JDP (PC)
03-27-2023
RAMON LUPERCIO NAVARRO, Plaintiff, v. ATTORNEY, et al., Defendants.
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JEREMY D. PETERSON, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It appears that plaintiff's complaint is attacking the legitimacy of his conviction; to pursue his claims, he may need to file a habeas corpus petition. He is currently imprisoner at San Quentin State Prison, which is located in Marin County. Marin County is located in the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84(a).
This action should have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern 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 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
IT IS SO ORDERED.