Mousa
Mousa v. Criminal Intelligence Bureau
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MOHAMED SALADDIN MOUSA, Case No. 1:19-cv-01618-LJO-SKO
Plaintiff,
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE
v.
16 CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, et 17 al., 18 Defendants. _____________________________________/
20 On November 12, 2019, Plaintiff Mohamed Saladdin Mousa, a state prisoner proceeding pro 21 se, filed a complaint against Defendants “Criminal Intelligence Bearu [sic],” Los Angeles Sheriff 22 Department, and Captain Anselmo Gonzalez, along with an application to proceed in forma 23 pauperis. (Docs. 1 & 2.) The complaint purports to allege claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for 24 violations of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights, apparently arising from his work as an alleged “custody 25 informant” while imprisoned at the Los Angeles County Jail. (See Doc. 1.) 26 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity 27 jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all 28 defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located; (2) a judicial…