Smith v. Mims, et al.

Filing 3

ORDER for INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:04-cv-1337 KJN) to Fresno (1:14-cv-0886 DLB) signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 06/10/14. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CLEVELAND JAMES SMITH, JR.,

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No. 2:14-cv-1337 KJN P

Plaintiff,

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v.

ORDER

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MARGARETTE MIMS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or file a request to proceed in forma pauperis.

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In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged

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violations took place in Fresno County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the United States

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District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper

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division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the

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court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court.

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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California sitting in Fresno; and

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

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Dated: June 10, 2014

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/smit1337.22

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