Wilkie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEON DAVIS JR., No. 2:20-cv-01586 JAM-AC PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER DEPARTMENT OF VA-VBA-ROBERT

WILKIE-SECRETARY,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding in pro se, has filed this case against the Department of Veterans Affairs, and has paid the filing fee. Based on the contents of the complaint, the court has determined that this case was filed in the improper venue. The federal venue statute provides that “[a] civil action in which a defendant is an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof acting in his official capacity or under color of legal authority, or an agency of the United States, or the United States, may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought in any judicial district in which (A) a defendant in the action resides, (B) 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…