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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL A. SPARKMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PLEASANT VALLEY STATE PRISON, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-0865-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983.1 He alleges a violation of his federal rights at Pleasant Valley State Prison, which 

is in Fresno, California. Therefore, this action should have been commenced in the Fresno 

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 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). 

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 He also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

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 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: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

DATED: April 29, 2015. 

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