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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 

DANIEL STEVE DIXON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

J. LEWIS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-1481 EFB P 

ORDER 

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

U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint alleges claims that arose in Tuolumne County. See ECF No. 1. 

Tuolumne 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. 

 3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: 

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 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

DATED: July 11, 2016. 

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