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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Oct. 16, 2024

Jones v. Scnider Electrics

Judge
Jacquelyn Corley
Docket
3:24-cv-07347
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
2
Civil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Kevin Jones v. Scnider Electrics, Judge Riordan transferred the civil-rights case to the Northern District of California because it arose in Alameda County.

Who this affects

Kevin Jones and the defendants are affected because the case will proceed in the Northern District of California rather than the Eastern District of California.

What happened

Kevin Jones, a state prisoner representing himself, filed a civil-rights lawsuit under a federal law that allows claims against state officials. He also asked to proceed without paying the filing fee.

The court said the claim arose in Alameda County, which is in the Northern District of California. Because the case was filed in the wrong federal district, the court determined that it should be transferred rather than kept there.

Judge Sean C. Riordan ordered the matter transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The order did not decide the underlying civil-rights claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Jones v. Scnider Electrics · No. 3:24-cv-07347
Judge
Jacquelyn Corley
Date
Oct. 16, 2024

Background

Kevin Jones, identified in the order as a state prisoner proceeding without a lawyer, filed a civil-rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He also filed an application to proceed without paying the filing fee under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

Venue

The court applied the federal venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). The order states that Jones’s claim arose in Alameda County, which is within the Northern District of California. The court therefore concluded that the action should have been filed in that district.

Disposition

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district when doing so serves the interests of justice. The court ordered that the matter be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The order did not rule on the merits of Jones’s civil-rights claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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