Alex Alfonso Salaverria v. Gavin Newsom

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

ALEX ALFONSO SALAVERRIA CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS NO. 24-2930

GAVIN NEWSOM, ET AL. SECTION “H”(4)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Plaintiff Alex Alfonso Salaverria (“Salaverria”) filed this pro se U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against defendants Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General of California Rob Bonta, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, Chief of Police for Los Angeles County Michael Moore, Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia, Allied Universal, ABM Industries, and American Airlines. ECF No. 1, ¶I(B), at 2; id., ¶II(B)(2), at 3. Salaverria seeks monetary relief for his claims. Id., ¶IV, at 6. Salaverria also seeks to proceed in forma pauperis in this case and submitted an application to do so which was granted on January 6, 2025. ECF No. 5.

I. Venue Provisions

Because § 1983 contains no specific venue provision, venue is determined under the general venue provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1391. See Jones v. Bales, 58 F.R.D.…