Rankin v. The City of New York, 1:25-cv-06493

Adora Rankin filed a pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of her rights by the City of New York and several NYPD officers.
The alleged incident occurred at her residence in Jamaica, Queens County, New York.
The case was initially filed in the Southern District of New York.
Defendants include specific named NYPD officers (Gatto, Iacono, Marinaro) and two unnamed (John and Jane Doe) officers, as well as the City of New York.
Rankin provided a virtual office address in Manhattan, but alleges residence in Queens.
The court needed to determine proper venue and whether a transfer to the Eastern District of New York (covering Queens) was appropriate.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Proper Venue	Actions violated rights in Queens	No argument stated	Venue proper in both SDNY and EDNY, but EDNY is more appropriate.
Convenience of Parties	N/A	N/A	EDNY is more convenient for parties and witnesses.
Locus of Operative Facts	Incident occurred in Queens	N/A	Queens (EDNY) is the locus of operative facts.
Transfer Appropriateness	N/A	N/A	Case transferred to EDNY under § 1404(a).

D.H. Blair & Co. v. Gottdiener, 462 F.3d 95 (2d Cir. 2006) (district courts have broad discretion regarding convenience and fairness of venue transfers)
N.Y. Marine and Gen. Ins. Co. v. LaFarge No. Am., Inc., 599 F.3d 102 (2d Cir. 2010) (factors for considering motions to transfer venue)