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Parties Involved:
Baughman
Respondent
Stephen Christopher Dunckhurst
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER 

DUNCKHURST,

Petitioner,

v.

BAUGHMAN, Associate Warden,

Respondent.

1:16-cv-01379 MJS (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915. 

The petitioner is challenging a conviction from Shasta County, which is part of the

Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California. Therefore, the petition 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. 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 reference 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 petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 23, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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