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Parties Involved:
Ronald F. Martinez
Plaintiff
C. Rios
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD F. MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. RIOS,

Defendant.

1:24-cv-01073-HBK (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO 

DIVISION

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se civil rights complaint 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on September 11, 2024. (Doc. No. 1, “Complaint’). Plaintiff did not 

accompany his Complaint with the filing fee or an application to proceed in forma pauperis. A 

review of the Complaint reveals that the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred at High 

Desert State Prison, which is in Lassen County. Thus, Plaintiff should have filed his complaint in 

the Sacramento Division of this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); see also Ziegler v. Indian River 

County, 64 F.3d 470, 474 (9th Cir. 1995) (reviewing federal court jurisdiction and venue in a § 

1983 action).

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 correct court. The Court finds it in 

the interests of justice to transfer this case to the Sacramento Division under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a)

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and Local Rule 120(f).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the Sacramento Division of 

this Court and close the case in this division. 

2. All future filings shall refer to 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

Dated: September 11, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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