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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BERNARD CLARK,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAPITAL INCOME AND GROWTH 

FUND, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-1171 KJM DAD PS

ORDER

Plaintiff, Bernard Clark, is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to 

the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff 

has filed a complaint and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915.

The allegations of plaintiff’s complaint reveal that the events at issue took place in 

Tuolumne County. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sits in 

Fresno as well as in Sacramento. Intra-district venue is governed by Local Rule 120(d), which 

provides as follows:

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Commencement of actions. All civil and criminal actions and 

proceedings of every nature and kind cognizable by the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California arising in 

Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, 

Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties shall be commenced in 

the United States District Court sitting in Fresno, California . . . .

In the present case, the events at issue occurred in Tuolumne County and, therefore, this 

action should have been commenced in the Fresno Division of the court. When an action has not 

been filed in the proper division of this court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the 

action to another venue within the district. See Local Rule 120(f). The undersigned will 

therefore order this action transferred to the Fresno Division of the court for all further 

proceedings.

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 for all further proceedings; and

2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number to be assigned 

and shall be filed only at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

Dated: September 28, 2015

DAD:6

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