Mitchell v. Diaz

Full title: JOHN E. MITCHELL, Plaintiff, v. R. DIAZ, et al., Defendants.

Court: United States District Court, Eastern District of California

Date published: Sep 28, 2021

2:21-cv-1721-EFB P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 28, 2021)

Opinion

2:21-cv-1721-EFB P

09-28-2021

JOHN E. MITCHELL, Plaintiff, v. R. DIAZ, et al., Defendants.

EDMUND F. BRENNAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ORDER

EDMUND F. BRENNAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges claims that arose in Kern County, California, at Kern Valley State Prison. See ECF No. 1. Kern County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(f).

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division.

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: