Opinion
No. 2:15-cv-0493 AC P
05-22-2015
JAMES HILL, Plaintiff, v. PAM AHLIN, Defendant.
ORDER
Plaintiff, a civil detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendant Ahlin. Plaintiff is confined to Coalinga State Hospital, which is in Fresno County. Fresno County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
Apart from the named defendants, this complaint is one of a number of virtually identical actions that have been filed in or transferred to the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See, e.g., Klein v. King, No. 1:14-cv-1440-MJS (E.D. Cal.); Jones v. Allenby, No. 1:15-cv-0070-JLT (E.D. Cal.); Mack v. Allenby, No.1:15-cv-0020-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal.).
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. In light of 1996 amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis.
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. This court has not ruled on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis;
2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sitting in Fresno; and
3. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be filed at:
United States District CourtDATED: May 22, 2015
Eastern District of California
2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
/s/_________
ALLISON CLAIRE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE