Koch v. Ahlin et al

Filing 4

ORDER of INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER from Sacramento (2:18-cv-0967 EFB PC) to Fresno (1:18-cv-0546 GSA PC) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 4/23/2018. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROLAND THOMAS KOCH,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:18-cv-0967-EFB P

v.

ORDER

PAM AHLIN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is confined to Coalinga State Hospital and proceeds without counsel in an action

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brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint alleges a claim that arose in Fresno County at the

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Coalinga State Hospital. See ECF No. 1. Fresno County is in the Fresno Division of the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been

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commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced

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in the proper division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the

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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:
United States District Court
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
DATED: April 23, 2018.

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