Wooten v. Vang

Filing 2

ORDER Transferring Case to the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 4/15/2010. (Bradley, A)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 vs. A. RIVERA VANG, Defendant. / Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee for this action or submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. 1915. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged violations took place in San Joaquin County, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Therefore, the complaint should have been filed in the Sacramento Division. Pursuant to Local Rule 120(b), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper court may, on the court's own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. /// /// -1MARIO NGWAZI WOOTEN, Plaintiff, 1:10-cv-00609-MJS (PC) ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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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 Sacramento; and 2. All future filings shall refer to the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall be filed at: United States District Court Eastern District of California 501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200 Sacramento, CA 95814 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated:

April 15, 2010

/s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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