Ernest Godfrey Logan, Jr. v. Panda Express, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ERNEST GODFREY LOGAN, JR., No. 2:25-cv-02565-DAD-CKD (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 PANDA EXPRESS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in forma 18 pauperis on September 9, 2025. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) This matter is before the undersigned pursuant 19 to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Venue does not lie in this district. For the 20 following reasons, the court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the 21 Central District of California. 22 If a court determines the appropriate venue for a case lies in another division or district, 23 the court “shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or 24 division in which it could have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The general federal venue 25 statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial district in which any 26 defendant resides, if all defendants are…