Mohammadi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 || Ali L. MOHAMMADI, Case No.: 24-cv-0553-AGS-AHG Pant) ORDER GRANTING JOINT 5 || V. MOTION TO TRANSFER CIVIL 6 || UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION ACTION (ECF 4) AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES, et al., g Defendants. 9 The parties jointly move to transfer venue. Their motion is granted. 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 district is located; [or] (2) a ||judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the |/claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is ||situated[.]” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); Costlow v. Weeks, 790 F.2d 1486, 1488 (9th Cir. 1986). 16 || If a case “falls within” these categories, then “venue is proper; if 1t does not, venue is ||amproper, and the case…