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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONRELL D. MURPHY,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. PIERCE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01438-JLT (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. According to the allegations in Plaintiff’s complaint (Doc. 1), Plaintiff’s claims 

arose in Sacramento and Lassen counties, which are part of the Sacramento Division of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Therefore, the complaint should 

have been filed in the Sacramento Division.

Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action that has not been commenced in the proper 

court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Accordingly, the Court 

ORDERS:

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

California sitting in Sacramento.

2. All future filings in this matter shall use the new Sacramento case number assigned 

and shall be filed at:

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 I Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

This court has not ruled on Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 29, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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