Dixon v. Barnes, et al.

Filing 15

ORDER CASE TRANSFERRRED to Sacramento Division signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 6/12/2018. New Case Number 2:18-cv-01713-EFB-(PC). CASE CLOSED. (Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NORMAN DIXON,

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Plaintiff,

1:17-cv-00562-GSA-PC
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

vs.
RON BARNES, et al.,
Defendants.

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Norman Dixon (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

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in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing

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this action on April 21, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On June 22, 2017, Plaintiff filed the First Amended

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Complaint as a matter of course. (ECF No. 14.)

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Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, which

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is located in the Fresno Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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However, the events at issue in the First Amended Complaint occurred at High Desert State

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Prison (HDSP) in Susanville, California, when Plaintiff was incarcerated there. HDSP is located

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in Lassen County, which is part of the Sacramento Division. All of the individual named

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defendants reside in the Sacramento Division. For these reasons, this case should be transferred

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to the Sacramento Division of the Eastern Division of California. Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f),
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a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the Court’s own motion,

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be transferred to the proper court.

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Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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This case is transferred to the Sacramento Division of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of California; and

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All future filings shall refer to the new Sacramento case number assigned and
shall be filed at:

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United States District Court
Eastern District of California
501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200
Sacramento, CA 95814

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 12, 2018

/s/ Gary S. Austin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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