Stratford v. Brazelton, et al.

Filing 5

ORDER for INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:17-cv-0830 EFB) to Fresno (1:17-cv-0766 MJS) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 06/05/17. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ERIC STRATFORD,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-0830-EFB P

v.

ORDER

PAUL D. BRAZELTON, Warden, 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. His complaint alleges claims that arose in Fresno County. See ECF No. 1.

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Fresno County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California, and this action should have been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule

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120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the court

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may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. 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 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: June 5, 2017.

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