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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD D. HEYER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ANGELA KRUEGER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-1677-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. On August 12, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California transferred this action to this court, on the grounds that “[a] substantial part of the 

events or omissions giving rise to the claim(s) occurred, and the viable defendants named reside, 

in the Counties of Sacramento and/or Tulare, which lie within the venue of the Eastern District of 

California.” ECF No. 3. Though plaintiff is currently confined to California State Prison, 

Sacramento, the complaint does not allege that plaintiff’s claims arose in Sacramento County, or 

that any defendant resides in Sacramento County. See ECF No. 1. Rather, the complaint names 

defendants from Tulare County and Los Angeles County, and it appears as though plaintiff’s 

claims arose in one or both of those counties. See ECF No. 1 at 3 (alleging that defendant 

McNutt, an inmate confined in Lancaster, California, persuaded defendant Krueger, a Tulare 

County Public Defender, to issue an unlawful records request). 

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Because Tulare County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California, this action should have been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local 

Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the 

court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 

120(f). 

 Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that: 

 1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division. 

 2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number. 

 3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: 

 

United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

DATED: August 15, 2013. 

 

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