Williams v. Roberts, et al.

Filing 4

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:14-cv-0779 EFB) to Fresno (1:14-cv-0473 MJS) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 4/1/14. (Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RONALD WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-779-EFB P

v.

ORDER

BRIAN ROBERTS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28

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U.S.C. § 1915.

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Plaintiff alleges a violation of his civil rights at California State Prison, Corcoran, which is

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in Kings County, California. Kings County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District

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Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced there.

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E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division

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of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. E.D. Cal.

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Local Rule 120(f).

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Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

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1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division.

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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:

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United States District Court
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
DATED: April 1, 2014.

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