McCoy v. Tate et al

Filing 4

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:15-cv-1956 EFB) to Fresno (1:15-cv-1428 MJS) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 9/21/15. (Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DAVON ELIMU McCOY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:15-cv-1956-EFB P

ORDER

HAROLD TATE, et al.,

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Defendants.

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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 civil rights at the California Correctional Institution,

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which is in Kern County, California. Kern County is in the Fresno Division of the United States
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District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced
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there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper
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division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division.
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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.
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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: September 21, 2015.

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