Fisher (Barger) v. Sacramento County Superior Court

Filing 16

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:17-cv-0693 EFB HC) to Fresno (1:17-cv-0650 MJS) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/8/2017. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GARY FRANCIS FISHER, aka Sonny
Barger, II,
Petitioner,

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ORDER
v.

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No. 2:17-cv-0693-EFB P

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURTS,

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Respondent.

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

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28 U.S.C. § 2254. See ECF No. 13. Because petitioner challenges a sentence imposed by the

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Kern County Superior Court, petitioner should have commenced this action in the Fresno

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Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See E.D. Cal.,

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Local Rule 120(d). When a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a

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court, the court may transfer the action to the proper division. See E.D. Cal., 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 district court in Fresno.

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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

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Dated: May 8, 2017.

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