Eugene Price v. Guerrez, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California determined that the defendants and events underlying the plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action were located in Los Angeles County, within the Central District of California. The court transferred the matter to the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) and addressed venue without deciding the merits of the claims.

Holdings

1. Venue was improper in the Eastern District of California because the defendants were located and the claim arose in Los Angeles County, which is within the Central District of California.
2. When a civil action is filed in the wrong federal district, the court may transfer it to the proper district in the interest of justice under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

Questions Presented

1. Whether venue was proper in the Eastern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).
2. Whether the action should be transferred to the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) because it was filed in the wrong district.

Disposition

other