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Parties Involved:
People of the State of California
Defendant
Sacramento County
Defendant
David Ray Williams
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID RAY WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-00403-LJO-SKO

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff is a state prisoner incarcerated at Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, 

California, located in San Joaquin County. The events giving rise to Plaintiff's complaint occurred 

in Sacramento County. 

Pursuant to this Court's Local Rule 120(d), civil actions arising in San Joaquin County or 

Sacramento County shall be commenced in the U.S. District Court sitting in Sacramento, 

California. Local Rule 120(f) provides that "[w]henever in any action the Court finds upon its 

own motion, motion of any party, or stipulation that the action has not been commenced in the 

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

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action to another venue within the District. Because the events underlying Plaintiff's complaint 

occurred in the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District and because Plaintiff currently resides 

in that division, the Court on its own motion transfers this case pursuant to Local Rule 120(f).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be transferred to the Sacramento 

Division of the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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