Young

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