Esparza v. Sherman

Filing 8

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:17-cv-0850 JAM EFB HC) to Fresno (1:17-cv-0651 SKO HC) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/9/2017. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CASIMIRO ESPARZA,

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Petitioner,

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No. 2:17-cv-0850-JAM-EFB P

v.

ORDER

STU SHERMAN, Warden,

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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. Because petitioner challenges a sentence imposed by the Fresno County

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Superior Court, petitioner should have commenced this action in the Fresno Division of the

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

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

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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 9, 2017.

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