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Parties Involved:
B. Cates
Defendant
Alejandro Sanchez
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

B. CATES, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:24-cv-0323 DB P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not paid the filing fee or submitted a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis. In his application, petitioner challenges a conviction issued by the 

Merced County Superior Court. Merced County 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: January 30, 2024

DLB7

sanc0323.109

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