Opinion
1:20-cv-01631-DAD-JLT (PC)
07-29-2021
BRIAN ELDON SAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. TORRES, et al., Defendants.
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JENNIFER L. THURSTON, CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Plaintiff has filed a first amended complaint, (Doc. 22), pursuant to the Court's screening order, (Doc. 21). The claims in the complaint arose in Riverside County, (see Doc. 22 at 4-7), which is in the Central District of California. At the times relevant to this case, the defendants were employees of the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside County. (See Id. at 3-4.) The complaint does not indicate where the defendants reside.
The federal venue statute provides that a civil action may be brought in “(1) a judicial district in which 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 (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought . . ., 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).
Based on the foregoing, this lawsuit should be filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In the interest of justice, a district court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS this matter transferred to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
IT IS SO ORDERED.