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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN LEWIS, Jr.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALAN QUINTO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:22-cv-0837-EFB P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges claims that arose at North Kern State Prison in Kern County, 

California. See ECF No. 1. Kern County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced there. 

E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division 

of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. E.D. Cal. 

Local Rule 120(f).

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. 

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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: May 24, 2022.

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