(PS) Nguyen v. Napa Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAN NGUYEN, No. 2:25-cv-01409-TLN-CKD (PS) Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 NAPA SUPERIOR COURT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on May 19, 2025. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Venue does not lie in this district. For the following reasons, the court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. If a court determines the appropriate venue for a case lies in another division or district, the court “shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The general 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…