Murillo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCISCO MURILLO, Case No. 1:22-cv-00021-AWI-SKO

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

v.

16 GARDENA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 _____________________________________/

19 On January 4, 2022, Plaintiff Francisco Murillo, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a complaint against Defendants Gardena Police Department, “Emergency Sector,” Gardena Fire Department, and “Lisa Bloom, Counsel Attorney.” (Doc. 1.) The complaint purports to allege claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights that apparently took place in Gardena, California. (See id.) The federal venue statute requires that a civil action, other than one based on diversity jurisdiction, be brought only in “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which 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 1 …