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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

O’DEAN M. GRANT,

Plaintiff,

v.

U.S. GOVERNMENT,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-cv-2408-JAM-KJN PS

ORDER

On October 14, 2014, plaintiff O’Dean M. Grant, proceeding without counsel, filed this 

action alleging various constitutional and other violations by the United States Government. 

(ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) For the 

reasons discussed below, the court concludes that the case was erroneously filed in the 

Sacramento division of the Eastern District of California, and therefore transfers the action to the 

Fresno division.

The court’s Local Rules provide that “[a]ll civil and criminal actions and proceedings of 

every nature and kind cognizable in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California arising in Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, 

Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolomne counties shall be commenced in the United States District 

Court sitting in Fresno, California....” E.D. Cal. L.R. 120(d). “Whenever in any action the Court 

finds upon its own motion, motion of any party, or stipulation that the action has not been 

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commenced in the proper court in accordance with this Rule, or for other good cause, the Court 

may transfer the action to another venue within the District.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 120(f).

In this case, plaintiff resides in Bakersfield, California, which is located in Kern County 

and falls in the Fresno division of this district. There is no indication in the complaint that the 

actions alleged to have been committed by the United States somehow occurred in the 

Sacramento division. Instead, it appears that the action arises from plaintiff’s interactions with 

the United States government in Kern County in the Fresno division of this district, and that 

plaintiff, as a pro se litigant, merely inadvertently filed the case in the Sacramento division.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The action, including the pending motion to proceed in forma pauperis, is 

TRANSFERRED to the Fresno division of this district pursuant to Local Rule 120(f).

2. Any dates before the undersigned are vacated.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 16, 2014

 

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