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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN CARDENAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLIFF ALLENBY, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2529 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a California civil detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights 

which took place in Fresno County.1 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.

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 Fresno; and

 

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 It appears as though plaintiff may be challenging, in part, his civil commitment under 

California’s Sexually Violent Predators Act. Plaintiff is informed that if he seeks release from 

custody based upon improper commitment, he should file a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the Sacramento Division of this court (since he was ordered committed 

in Sacramento County). Plaintiff cannot obtain his release through a § 1983 action. 

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2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 

filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

Dated: November 10, 2014

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card2529.22

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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