Clark v. Capital Income and Growth Fund, LLC, et al.
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ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:15-CV-1171 KJM DAD PS) to Fresno (1:15-CV-1479 UNASDJ SMS PS) signed Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 9/28/2015. All future filing shall reference the new Fresno case number. (Marciel, M)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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BERNARD CLARK,
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Plaintiff,
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No. 2:15-cv-1171 KJM DAD PS
v.
ORDER
CAPITAL INCOME AND GROWTH
FUND, LLC, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff, Bernard Clark, is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to
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the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff
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has filed a complaint and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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§ 1915.
The allegations of plaintiff’s complaint reveal that the events at issue took place in
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Tuolumne County. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sits in
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Fresno as well as in Sacramento. Intra-district venue is governed by Local Rule 120(d), which
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provides as follows:
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Commencement of actions. All civil and criminal actions and
proceedings of every nature and kind cognizable by the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of California arising in
Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties shall be commenced in
the United States District Court sitting in Fresno, California . . . .
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In the present case, the events at issue occurred in Tuolumne County and, therefore, this
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action should have been commenced in the Fresno Division of the court. When an action has not
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been filed in the proper division of this court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the
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action to another venue within the district. See Local Rule 120(f). The undersigned will
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therefore order this action transferred to the Fresno Division of the court for all further
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proceedings.
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of California sitting in Fresno for all further proceedings; and
2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number to be assigned
and shall be filed only at:
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United States District Court
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
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Dated: September 28, 2015
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