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Parties Involved:
Rammel Barao
Petitioner
Scott Frauenheim
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMMEL BARAO,

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00052-SAB-HC

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has also filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

Petitioner is challenging a conviction from a judgment issued by the San Joaquin County 

Superior Court, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). Therefore, venue is proper 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:

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

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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. The Court has not ruled on Petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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