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Parties Involved:
Timothy Lowder
Petitioner
Raymond Madden
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY LOWDER,

Petitioner,

v.

RAYMOND MADDEN,

Respondent.

1:15-cv-00629-JLT (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner 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. He is challenging a 

conviction from Sacramento 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. The Court ORDERS:

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:

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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: April 27, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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