Payne v. State of California et al

Filing 5

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:17-cv-1354 TLN AC) to Fresno (1:17-cv-0906 DAD MJS) signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 7/10/2017. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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COLEMAN PAYNE,

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No. 2:17-cv-1354 TLN AC

Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

ORDER

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has filed a civil rights action

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pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has paid the filing fee in full. In his complaint, plaintiff

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alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged violations took place in Calaveras

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County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).

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Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a court may, on the court’s own motion, transfer a case to

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the proper division of the court when the court finds that the case has been filed in the wrong

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division, or for “other good cause.” An action “arises” in the bounds of a particular division

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when the events at issue and the vast majority of parties involved are located in there. Friends of

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Roeding Park v. City of Fresno, No. 2:11-CV-02083-MCE, 2011 WL 6294037, at *2 (E.D. Cal.

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Dec. 15, 2011). Here, the events at issue in the complaint took place within the bounds of the

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Fresno Division, and the court finds that the interests of judicial economy are served by transfer
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to that Division. 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
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
DATED: July 10, 2017

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