UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RYAN PATRICK WALTER, No. 2:21-cv-01985 KJM AC PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER COURT CLERK, CITY OF BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA, et al., 15 Defendants.

Plaintiff, who is proceeding in pro se, has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. The federal venue statute provides that 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, (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, or (3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this action, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In this case, although the complaint is difficult to decipher, it is apparent that all or most of the defendants are residents of Washington County, Oklahoma, and the claims arose there. || ECF No. 1 at 7-8. Washington County is in the Northern District of Oklahoma. Therefore, || plaintiffs case should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District || of Oklahoma. In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a complaint filed in the || wrong district to the correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, || 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United || States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. || DATED: November 9, 2021 ' ~ Cthten— Lape ALLISON CLAIRE 10 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1]