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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 

THOMAS P. COOK, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

E. PALUBICKI, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-3009-JAM-EFB P (TEMP) 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state inmate, is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this case on December 31, 2014, naming as defendants the State 

of California and the Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and 

claiming that he is being improperly denied a 33.3% earning status and milestone credits pursuant 

to a population reduction measure set out in Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, 2:90-cv-0520-KJMKJN. Plaintiff is presently housed at Fresno County Jail, which is part of the Fresno Division of 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). 

Pending is plaintiff’s May 2, 2016, motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 16.) 

 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. In light of 

1996 amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff’s request to proceed in 

forma pauperis. 

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 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. This court has not ruled on plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis; 

2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California sitting in Fresno; and 

 3. 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 

DATED: May 12, 2016. 

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