Ronald M. Costlow and Bonnie F. Costlow v. Larry Weeks, Individually, and as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska, Etc.

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• holding that a district court did not err in “raising the issue of defective venue on its own motion,” and affirming the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of the complaint for improper venue
• holding that a district court did not err in “raising the issue of defective venue on its own motion,” and affirming the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of the complaint for improper venue
• explaining that a district court can raise the issue of improper venue on its own motion
• reasoning that a district court did not err by raising defective venue sua sponte where defendants had not yet responded and thus, had not waived any objection to venue
• explaining that when a case lays venue in the wrong district, 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) “requires a transfer, however, only in cases where it is in ‘the interest of justice.’”
• noting that there is a “long-approved practice of 11 || permitting a court to transfer a case sua sponte under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, as 12 | codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a

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