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Parties Involved:
Thomas L. Goff
Plaintiff
Heidi M. Lackner
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS L. GOFF, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HEIDI M. LACKNER, Warden, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-1411-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983.1

 He alleges a violation of his federal rights at the Sierra Conservation Center, 

which is in Tuolumne County, California. Tuolumne County is in the Fresno Division of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have 

been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been 

commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action 

to the proper division. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(f). 

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 He also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and 

requests the appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 2, 3. 

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 Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that: 

 1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division. 

 2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number. 

 3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

DATED: July 13, 2015. 

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