Waters
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WATERS, Case No. 23-cv-06470-SVK
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERRIFF DEPUTIES, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff is an inmate in the Los Angeles County Jail. He filed a letter complaining about 13 the conditions of his confinement and the actions of a number of unnamed Los Angeles County 14 Sheriff Deputies. The Clerk sent him a notice to file a complaint on the court’s complaint form. 15 Venue may be raised by a federal court sua sponte where a defendant has not yet filed a 16 responsive pleading and the time for doing so has not run. Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488 17 (9th Cir. 1986). Venue generally is proper in a judicial district in which: (1) any defendant 18 resides, if all defendants are residents of the state in which the district is located; (2) a substantial 19 part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property 20 that is the subject of the action is situated; or (3) any defendant is subject to the court’s personal…