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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

DARREN VINCENT FORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:17-cv-00074-BAM (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Darren Vincent Ford (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil 

rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis under

28 U.S.C. § 1915, on January 17, 2017. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.)

In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by employees at California 

Health Care Facility in Stockton, California. (ECF No. 1, p. 1.) The alleged violations occurred in 

San Joaquin County, which is 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.

Under Local Rule 120(f), a court may on its own motion transfer a civil action that has not 

been commenced in the proper court to the proper court. Therefore, the Court will transfer this 

action to the Sacramento Division, and will not rule on Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma 

pauperis.

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Good cause appearing, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that:

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

California sitting in Sacramento; and

2. All future filings shall refer to the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall be 

filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 "I" Street, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

3. This Court has not ruled on Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 20, 2017 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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