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9 v. CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 11 Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Dron Botts, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action 13 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 14 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. Nos. 1, 3.) 15 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action be brought only in “(1) a judicial 16 district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the 17 district is located; (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions 18 giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action 19 is situated; or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in 20 this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s…