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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 

KAREEM J. HOWELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MEDINA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:20-cv-0094-EFB P 

ORDER 

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

U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges claims that arose in Kings County, California, at California State 

Prison, Corcoran. See ECF No. 1. Kings County is in the Fresno Division of the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced 

there. 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). 

 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. 

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 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: January 22, 2020. 

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