Roe
Roe v. RPI
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 J. ROE, Case No. 22-cv-04727-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE
v. Re: Dkt. No. 3 RPI, Defendant.
12 Self-represented Plaintiff J. Roe filed a complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) on August 17, 2022. [Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”), 2.] Plaintiff’s complaint names Defendant Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (“RPI” or “Defendant”) as the sole defendant. Their allegations and claims are not clear, but they appear to challenge charges of sexual harassment and plagiarism that RPI levied against Plaintiff when they were a student there. On August 25, 2022, the court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why the case is properly venued in this district and should not be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District 19 of New York. [Docket No. 7.] Plaintiff filed a statement in response. [Docket No. 10 20 (“Statement”).] Having reviewed the complaint and the Statement, the court concludes that it 21…