Beauford
Beauford v. McDonough
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEITH W. BEAUFORD, Case No. 23-cv-02619-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE
TRANSFERRED
DENIS R. MCDONOUGH,
Defendant.
Self-represented Plaintiff Keith W. Beauford filed a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). [Docket Nos. 1 (“Compl.”), 3.] Plaintiff asserts a claim for employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. against Denis R. McDonough, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”). Compl. ¶ 3. Venue in Title VII cases is not set by the general venue statute, 28 U.SC. § 1391, but by the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–5(f)(3). Johnson v. Payless Drug Stores Nw., Inc., 950 F.2d 586, 587 (9th Cir. 1991). Title VII authorizes suit “‘in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged to have been committed’ as well as in the district …