Opinion
No. 2:13-cv-0031 AC P
03-18-2013
ORLANDO FORD, Petitioner, v. R. GROUNDS, Respondent.
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his application, petitioner challenges a prison disciplinary conviction at Corcoran State Prison, which is located in Kings County. Kings County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
However, petitioner has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a).
Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper division of a court may, on the court's own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court.
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 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
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ALLISON CLAIRE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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