Ross v. Arnold

Full title: ALVIN RONNEL ROSS, Petitioner, v. ERIC ARNOLD, Respondent.

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

Date published: May 11, 2015

2:15-cv-0925-EFB P (E.D. Cal. May. 11, 2015)

Opinion

ALVIN RONNEL ROSS, Petitioner, v. ERIC ARNOLD, Respondent. No. 2:15-cv-0925-EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. May 11, 2015

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a sentence imposed by the Fresno County Superior Court. Fresno County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, which is where petitioner should have commenced this action. See E.D. Cal., Local Rule 120(d). When a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may transfer the action to the proper division. See E.D. Cal., Local Rule 120(f).

         Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. This action is transferred to the district court in Fresno.

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: