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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 

JAMES PAYNE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CLIFF ALLENBY, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-2555-MCE-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a civil detainee housed at Coalinga State Hospital, and is proceeding without 

counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed an application to proceed 

in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

He alleges a violation of his civil rights arising out of events that occurred in Tulare 

County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). Moreover, plaintiff’s commitment proceedings 

under the Sexually Violent Predators Act took place in Tulare County Superior Court, which is 

also part of the Fresno 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 Fresno Division of 

the court. 

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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: December 22, 2014. 

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