Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: civil suit

If the person you are suing has some connection to L.A., or you sought medical treatment in L.A., you could give the L.A. courts a shot. Otherwise Mono Superior Court.

Re: civil suit

California Code of Civil Procedure Section

395. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the

power of the court to transfer actions or proceedings as provided in

this title, the superior court in the county where the defendants or

some of them reside at the commencement of the action is the proper

court for the trial of the action. If the action is for injury to

person or personal property or for death from wrongful act or

negligence, the superior court in either the county where the injury

occurs or the injury causing death occurs or the county where the

defendants, or some of them reside at the commencement of the action,

is a proper court for the trial of the action. ........

Re: civil suit

You can sue either where the assault occurred or where the assailant lives. If there are multiple defendants, you can sue where any defendant lives. Where you live does not matter in this analysis.