Melvin v. Clark

Full title: DAVID MELVIN, Petitioner, v. KEN CLARK, Warden, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Nov 5, 2009

CIV S-09-2414 JAM EFB P (E.D. Cal. Nov. 5, 2009)

Opinion

DAVID MELVIN, Petitioner, v. KEN CLARK, Warden, Respondent. No. CIV S-09-2414 JAM EFB P. United States District Court, E.D. California. November 5, 2009

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

         Petitioner challenges a conviction in the Fresno County Superior Court and so this action should have been commenced in the district court in Fresno. Local Rule 3-120(d). The court will not rule on petitioner's application leave for to proceed in forma pauperis.

         Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno. See Local Rule 3-120(f).

2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: