Opinion
2:21-cv-01041-JDP (HC)
06-24-2021
TYRONE ANTHONY SHOLES, Petitioner, v. B. CATES, Respondent.
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE FRESNO DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JEREMY D. PETERSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner's application challenges the execution of his sentence at the California Correctional Institution, which is located in Kern County-part of the Fresno Division of our court. See Local Rule 120(d).
Under Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced in the proper division of a court can, 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. I will not rule on petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis.
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.
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
IT IS SO ORDERED.