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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES HILL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PAM AHLIN, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-0493 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a civil detainee 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. In his complaint, plaintiff 

alleges violations of his civil rights by defendant Ahlin.1

 Plaintiff is confined to Coalinga State 

Hospital, which is in Fresno County. Fresno 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 light of 

 

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 Apart from the named defendants, this complaint is one of a number of virtually identical 

actions that have been filed in or transferred to the Fresno Division of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California. See, e.g., Klein v. King, No. 1:14-cv-1440-MJS 

(E.D. Cal.); Jones v. Allenby, No. 1:15-cv-0070-JLT (E.D. Cal.); Mack v. Allenby, No.1:15-cv0020-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal.). 

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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: May 22, 2015 

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