Goff v. Lackner

Filing 5

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:15-cv-1411 EFB PC) to Fresno (1:15-cv-1073 GSA PC) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/13/2015. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THOMAS L. GOFF,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:15-cv-1411-EFB P

v.

ORDER

HEIDI M. LACKNER, Warden,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983.1 He alleges a violation of his federal rights at the Sierra Conservation Center,

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which is in Tuolumne County, California. Tuolumne County is in the Fresno Division of the

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have

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been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been

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commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action

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to the proper division. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(f).

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He also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and
requests the appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 2, 3.
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Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

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1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division.

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2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

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3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at:

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United States District Court
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
DATED: July 13, 2015.

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