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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

GREGORY EUGENE HOWARD,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. ARYAD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00038-BAM (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Gregory Eugene Howard is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

On January 7, 2020, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint, (ECF No. 1), and a 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 2). In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges violations 

of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged violations took place at California State Prison, 

Sacramento in Sacramento 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. 

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 Sacramento Division. This Court will not 

rule on Plaintiff’s pending motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

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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 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 pending motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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