Young

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTONIO EL, No. 2:25-cv-03260-DAD-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 LOWYNN YOUNG, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint and motion to proceed in forma pauperis on 18 November 10, 2025. ECF Nos. 1 & 2. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local 19 Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Venue is not proper 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 Plaintiff lists his address as Los Angeles, California. ECF No. 1 at 1. Plaintiff names as 23 Defendants the Los Angeles Superior Court and three individuals located in Inglewood and Santa 24 Monica. Id. at 2. Plaintiff’s statement of claim is brief, but he appears to allege that he was 25 kidnapped by members of the Santa Monica Police Department. Id. at 4. 26 The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may…