Opinion
2:21-cv-00519 WBS DB P
04-04-2023
LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff previously filed a complaint which was illegible due to the small font used and the scanning process required to place plaintiff's complaint on the docket. (ECF No. 19 at 15). Plaintiff has now filed a Second Amended Complaint that is at least partially legible. (ECF No. 20.) In this Second Amended Complaint, plaintiff plainly states that the alleged violations took place at “multiple institutions within [the] counties of Kern and Kings (California).” (Id. at 1.) Kings and Kern County are part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d).
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.
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; and
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