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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH DANNY PROPHET,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JON PAUL LIPPSMEYER, et al.,

Defendants.

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1:07-cv-01361-LJO-SMS

ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION

TO SACRAMENTO

Plaintiff, Joseph Danny Prophet, a state prisoner proceeding

pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil

rights by defendants. The alleged violations took place in

Sacramento County which is part of the Sacramento Division of the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. Therefore, the complaint should have been filed in

the Sacramento Division. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(b), a civil action which has

not been commenced in the proper court may, on the court’s own

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motion, be transferred to the proper court. Therefore, this

action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. This

court will not rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma

pauperis.

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. That this court has not ruled on plaintiff's request to

proceed in forma pauperis;

2. That this action is transferred to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California in

Sacramento; and,

3. That all future filings shall refer to the new

Sacramento case number assigned and shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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