Payne v. Ahlin

Filing 5

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:15-cv-0535 AC PC) to Fresno (1:15-cv-0782 SAB PC) signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/22/2015; this court has not ruled on plaintiff's request to proceed ifp.(Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES PAYNE,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:15-cv-0535 AC P

v.

ORDER

PAM AHLIN,

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Defendants.

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

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U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In his complaint, plaintiff

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alleges violations of his civil rights by defendant Ahlin.1 Plaintiff is confined to Coalinga State

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Hospital, which is in Fresno County. Fresno County 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).
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. In light of

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Apart from the named defendants, this complaint is one of a number of virtually identical
actions that have been filed in or transferred to the Fresno Division of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of California. See, e.g., Klein v. King, No. 1:14-cv-1440-MJS
(E.D. Cal.); Jones v. Allenby, No. 1:15-cv-0070-JLT (E.D. Cal.); Mack v. Allenby, No.1:15-cv0020-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal.).
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1996 amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff’s request to proceed in

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forma pauperis.

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. This court has not ruled on plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis;

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

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California sitting in Fresno; and
3. 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
DATED: May 22, 2015

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