Greene

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CEDRIC GREENE, Case No. 1:22-cv-00203-DAD-SKO

Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,

17 Defendant. 18 _____________________________________/

19 On February 17, 2022, Plaintiff Cedric Greene, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint against Defendant United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docs. 1, 2.) 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 property that is the subject of the action is situated; or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any…