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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONALD AUTEN, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, 

Defendant 

Case No.: 1:20-cv-00329-NONE-EPG 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME AND 

CLARIFYING CERTAIN MATTERS 

(ECF Nos. 17, 20) 

Plaintiff Donald Auten (“Plaintiff”) filed the complaint commencing this action in forma 

pauperis on August 28, 2019. (ECF No. 1). 

Plaintiff’s complaint was filed in the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of 

California. On February 24, 2020, Defendant County of Calaveras moved to dismiss the action 

or to transfer it to Fresno. (ECF No. 14). On March 4, 2020, Magistrate Judge Allison Claire 

transferred this action to the Fresno Division under Local Rule 120.1

 (ECF No. 17). On March 

16, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Clarification. On March 18, 2020, Defendant County of 

Calaveras moved to dismiss the action. (ECF No. 19). On May 11, 2020, Plaintiff moved for an 

extension of time to respond to the Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 20). 

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 The Local Rules for the Eastern District of California are available at 

http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/assets/File/Local%20Rules%20Effective%202-1-2019(3).pdf. 

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The Court begins by considering Plaintiff’s Motion for Clarification. Plaintiff asks for 

“clarification to the Order dated March 3, 2020 signed by Honorable Allison Claire, United 

States Magistrate[] Judge . . . and also clarification to Defend[a]nt’s Notice of Motion for 

Dismissal or Transfer dated February 24, 2020.” (ECF No. 17). 

Defendants moved to dismiss the action or to have the action transferred to Fresno. (ECF 

No. 14). Local Rule 120(d) says: 

All civil and criminal actions and proceedings of every nature and kind 

cognizable in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 

arising in Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, 

Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties shall be commenced in the United 

States District Court sitting in Fresno, California . . . . 

Under Local Rule 120(f), a judge “may transfer the action to another venue within the 

District.” That is what Magistrate Judge Allison Claire did with the Intradistrict Transfer. (ECF 

No. 14). The action is now being heard in the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of 

California. 

Plaintiff also asks for an extension of time to respond to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 

and to obtain outside counsel. (ECF No. 20). Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED. 

It is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have until July 6, 2020, to respond to 

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, (ECF No. 19). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 13, 2020 /s/

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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