Oliver
(PS) Ragan v. Oliver
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY GENE RAGAN, No. 2:22-cv-01808-DAD-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 Thomas P. OLIVER and FERN M. OLIVER, Defendants. 17 Plaintiff filed a pro se complaint and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on October 12, 2022. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Because venue does not lie in this district, the court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. I. Plaintiff’s Complaint Invoking the court’s diversity jurisdiction, plaintiff alleges defendants are trustees of the Oliver Family Master Trust and that they are using an illegal Mineral Deed Master Trust to embezzle money made from the sale of gas and oil from property plaintiff holds a lease to since 2014. (ECF No. 1 at 4.) Attached to the complaint are several documents which appear to include a copy of a Deed, a Trust, a Will,…