Dixon v. Barnes

Filing 3

ORDER Transferring Case to the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 5/14/13. New Case Number 2:13-cv-00966-EFB. (Verduzco, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 NORMAN DIXON, 13 1:13-cv-00682-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, 14 vs. 15 ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RON BARNES, 16 Defendant. 17 / 18 19 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 20 In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged 21 violations took place in Lassen County, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United 22 States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Therefore, the complaint should have 23 been filed in the Sacramento Division. 24 Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 25 court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Therefore, this action will 26 be transferred to the Sacramento Division. This court will not rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in 27 forma pauperis. 28 /// -1- 1 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 3 4 5 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 6 7 8 3. This court has not ruled on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 Dated: 10c20k May 14, 2013 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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