Merin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIK TAYLOR, Case No. 1:25-cv-00297-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE v. CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MERIN, et al., (Doc. 1)

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Erik Taylor (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 2). Plaintiff alleges Defendants Merin, Merin, and Heller, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, violated his civil rights. (See Doc. 1). 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 a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) if there is no district in which an…