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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TONY C. ALTIMIRANO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, ACTING 

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-0648 AC 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 

(“Commissioner”) denying an application for disability benefits under Titles II and XVI of the 

Social Security Act. Under the venue statute governing this action, plaintiff may obtain a review 

of any final decision of the Commissioner made after a hearing to which the plaintiff was a party, 

by commencing a civil action in the federal district court for the judicial district in which the 

claimant resides. 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) & 1383(c)(3). According to his complaint, plaintiff resides 

in Visalia, California, which is located in Tulare County. That county is part of the Fresno 

Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See E.D. Cal. 

R. (“Local Rule”) 120(d). 

 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 

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court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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

California sitting in Fresno; and 

 2. 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: March 24, 2015 

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