Stevens v. SBMC, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the transfer of a pro se prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action to the Northern District of California. The court concluded that the claim arose in Mendocino County and that transfer was appropriate under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

Holdings

1. Venue was improper in the Eastern District of California because the claim arose in Mendocino County, which is located in the Northern District of California.
2. A federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the wrong district to the correct district in the interest of justice, and this action should be transferred to the Northern District of California.

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 Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) because the claim arose in Mendocino County.

Disposition

other