Moorish Nation v. US Department of State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

MOORISH NATION AA222141, et al., Case No.: 2:19-cv-01390-APG-NJK Plaintiff(s),

TRANSFER ORDER

v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Defendant(s). Pending before the Court is, inter alia, Plaintiffs’ application to proceed in forma pauperis and Plaintiffs’ proposed complaint. Docket Nos. 1, 1-3. The federal venue statute requires that a civil action be brought in (1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same state where the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction at the time the action is commenced, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). If a case has been filed in the wrong district, the district court in which the case has been incorrectly filed has the discretion to…