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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW MANCILLA,

Petitioner,

v.

KAMALA D. HARRIS,

Respondent.

No. 2:14-cv-1405 KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or filed a request to 

proceed in forma pauperis. In his application, petitioner challenges a conviction issued by the 

Kings County Superior Court. Kings County is part of the Fresno Division of the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 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 

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

In addition, the court notes that petitioner did not sign the petition. It appears that another 

inmate signed the petition for petitioner, stating that he signed the petition for petitioner “because 

[he is] trying to get [petitioner] a federal public defender. His state remedies are exhausted. His 

deadline is in July. . . . To stop time tolling. . . .” (ECF No. 1 at 19.) Petitioner is advised that 

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Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that all pleadings be personally signed 

by the litigant proceeding without counsel. Accordingly, to avoid any further delay, petitioner 

may wish to sua sponte sign and file an amended petition in the Fresno Division of this court 

bearing the new case number. Petitioner need not re-submit his exhibits inasmuch as the exhibits 

appended to the original petition remain on file with the court and may be referenced by any 

party. 

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. 

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

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a copy of pages 1-19 of the 

original petition. (ECF No. 1 at 1-19.)

Dated: June 18, 2014

/manc1405.109

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