Xiong

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

TIMOTHY CLEVELAND, Case No. 2:22-cv-01766-RFB-NJK Plaintiff(s),

TRANSFER ORDER

v.

BLONG XIONG, et al., Defendant(s). Plaintiff’s complaint alleges misconduct by USDA employees in Davis, California, see, e.g., Docket No. 1-1 at 5, and in Bakersfield, California, see, e.g., Docket No. 1-1 at 3. Plaintiff himself resides in Kern County, California. Docket No. 1-1 at 3; Docket No. 1-2. Plaintiff brought this action in this District to enjoin an administrative hearing scheduled for September 26, 2022, “pending judicial review by the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.” Docket No. 1-1 at 3; see also Docket No. 1-1 at 13 (addressing data regarding Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties in California). The complaint does not allege any connection to this District.2 The federal venue statute requires that a civil action be brought in (1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same state where the district is located, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or…