(PS) Akbar Sr. v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MUHAMMAD AKBAR SR., No. 2:23-cv-01326-DJC-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 KAREN RAY SMITH, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on July 6, 2023. (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). For the following reasons, however, the court will transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. If a court determines the appropriate venue for a case lies in another division or district, the court “shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The general federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the…