Most Court documents are provided as PDF files. To view or print these files you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF reader.To file the suit, eFile paperwork in MiFile and pay the appropriate filing fee. Filing fees are calculated based on the amount of the claim. Be filed in the County Clerk's Office, 130 Stuyvesant Place, 2nd Floor. Moreover, for federal question jurisdiction to extend to a declaratory judgment action, the claim itself must present a federal question. Therefore, venue and assignment lies in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco or Oakland Divisions. Court finds that Oakland cannot proceed with its claims under the APA, can Oakland's claims proceed under the Declaratory Judgment Act? Prepare Summons (MC01) and Complaint (MC01a). Forms can be obtained via these links, or from the General Civil Forms section below.