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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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 This is not supported by a certified copy of his trust account statement for the six

months preceding the filing of the complaint nor by the certificate of his account. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONNIE PHILLIPS, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-08-1976 GEB KJM P

vs.

TIMOTHY TUMEZZI, et al., 

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, 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.1

 In his complaint,

plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. To the extent that the court can

understand this rambling and repetitive complaint, the bulk of the alleged violations took place

in Kern and Kings Counties, which are part of the Fresno Division of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 3-120(d). 

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(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

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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.

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: September 16, 2008. 

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