Opinion
2:21-cv-02287 AC
12-15-2023
JORGE LUIS VALDEZ, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al, Defendants.
ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. At the time that plaintiff filed his complaint, he was a prisoner at High Desert State Prison (HDSP) in this judicial district. However, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants located at three different prisons in California. The majority of the alleged violations took place at the California Correctional Institution located in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
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. Based on the above analysis of the complaint, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of this 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