Holmes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KIARA HOLMES, No. 2:24-cv-00013 DJC AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 YouTube, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a citizen of Louisiana who is proceeding in pro se, has paid the filing fee and 18 filed a complaint naming multiple defendants. ECF No. 2. Plaintiff does not know the address of 19 several defendants, but names at least two defendants, YouTube and Alphabet Inc., which are 20 located in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County, respectively. Plaintiff also names Google 21 LLC, but identifies its location as that of a separate entity which she identifies as its registered 22 agent, Corporation Service Company, located Sacramento County. ECF No. 1 at 7. Plaintiff’s 23 complaint concerns a video uploaded to YouTube and plaintiff’s interactions with the companies. 24 The federal venue statute provides that a civil action “may be brought in (1) a judicial 25 district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the…