Contreras v. Chavez

Filing 4

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:13-cv-0807 EFB HC) to Fresno (1:13-cv-0623 JLT HC) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 4/29/2013. (Yin, K)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RALPH RAUL CONTRERAS,
Petitioner,

F. CHAVEZ,

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Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

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ORDER

vs.

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No. 2:13-cv-0807 EFB P

Respondent.

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28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

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Petitioner challenges a conviction in the Kern County Superior Court and so this action

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should have been commenced in the district court in Fresno. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). The

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court will not rule on petitioner’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

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1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno. See E.D. Cal. Local Rule

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120(f).
2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

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

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Dated: April 29, 2013.

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