Polanco v. Department of Corrections

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 05/02/11 ordering that this action is administratively closed. (Plummer, M)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RIGOBERTO POLANCO,

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Plaintiff,
vs.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
Defendant.

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No. CIV S-11-0825 DAD P

ORDER
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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed several documents with this

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court, including a “Citizen’s Complaints Against Personnel” concerning the processing of an

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inmate appeal he has filed with a prison officials, an inmate appeal form he has submitted to

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prison officials concerning his request for the appointment of an investigator to assist him in

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defending himself on a prison rules violation charge, and an inmate appeal form he has submitted

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to prison officials concerning his claim of inadequate medical care at Kern Valley State Prison.

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Plaintiff has also filed with this court a form indicating his consent to the jurisdiction of the

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Magistrate Judge.

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Plaintiff is advised that the documents he has filed with this court are inadequate

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to commence a civil rights action. See Fed. R. Civ. P 3. In addition, it appears that this action

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was not commenced in the proper court. All of the potential defendants in any civil rights action
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that plaintiff might elect to file in connection with the referred to matters are employed at Kern

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Valley State Prison located in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). Plaintiff’s

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action with this court will, therefore, be administratively closed. If plaintiff wishes to proceed

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with a civil rights action, he must file a proper complaint with the United States District Court

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for the Eastern District of California in Fresno.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is administratively

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closed.

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DATED: May 2, 2011.

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DAD:4
pola0825.56

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