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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

EDWARD ROY WELCH,

Plaintiff,

v.

BUTTE COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Defendant.

1:17-cv-00337-MJS (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff, a state prisoner 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 pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. ' 1915.

In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The 

alleged violations took place in Butte 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 court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. 

Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. This court will not 

rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis.

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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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: March 9, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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