Hutchinson v. Horowitz

Filing 7

ORDER OF TRANSFER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 4/28/2016. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/28/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JON HUTCHINSON,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER OF TRANSFER

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Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 6
HOROWITZ,
Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 16-cv-01448-JSC

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Plaintiff is a California prisoner incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison (“Mule Creek”) in

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Ione, California. He claims that defendants violated his civil rights at Mule Creek. Mule Creek is

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in Amador County, which lies within the venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California. See 28 U.S.C. § 84. Venue for this civil rights action is therefore proper in

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the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, and in the interests of justice, this

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case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). This Court defers to the Eastern District for ruling on Plaintiff’s

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applications to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 2, 6.) The Clerk shall transfer this matter

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forthwith.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 28, 2016

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY
United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JON HUTCHINSON,

Case No. 16-cv-01448-JSC

Plaintiff,
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v.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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HOROWITZ,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.
That on April 28, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing
said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by
depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery
receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

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Jon Hutchinson ID: J-60958
Mule Creek State Prison
P.O. Box 409060
Ione, CA 95640

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Dated: April 28, 2016

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Susan Y. Soong
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY
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