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Parties Involved:
Gregory C. Bontemps
Plaintiff
D. Hicks
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GREGORY C. BONTEMPS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

D. HICKS, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-2512 CMK P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee nor submitted a request to proceed in 

forma pauperis. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. 

The alleged violations took place in Kern County, which is part of the Fresno Division of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See Local Rule 120(d). 

 Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 

division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 

court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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

California sitting in Fresno; and 

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 2. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 

filed at: 

 United States District Court 

 Eastern District of California 

 2500 Tulare Street 

 Fresno, CA 93721 

Dated: December 9, 2016 

/kly 

bont 16cv2512.22 

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