Bontemps v. Hicks

Filing 4

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:16-cv-2512 CMK) to Fresno (1:16-cv-1854 EPG) signed by Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison on 12/9/16. (Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GREGORY C. BONTEMPS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-2512 CMK P

v.

ORDER

D. HICKS,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee nor submitted a request to proceed in

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forma pauperis. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants.

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The alleged violations took place in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper

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division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the

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court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court.

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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California sitting in Fresno; and

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2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be
filed at:
United States District Court
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721

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Dated: December 9, 2016

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/kly
bont 16cv2512.22

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