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Parties Involved:
Phillip Hall
Defendant
Richard Williford
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD WILLIFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

PHILLIP HALL,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-0893 TLN DAD PS

ORDER

Plaintiff, Richard Williford, is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred 

to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff 

has filed a complaint and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915.

The allegations of plaintiff’s complaint reveal that the events at issue took place in Kern 

County. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California sits in Fresno as 

well as in Sacramento. Intra-district venue is governed by Local Rule 120(d), which provides as 

follows:

Commencement of actions. All civil and criminal actions and 

proceedings of every nature and kind cognizable by the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California arising in 

Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, 

Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties shall be commenced in 

the United States District Court sitting in Fresno, California . . . .

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In the present case, the events at issue all occurred in Kern County and, therefore, this 

action should have been commenced in the Fresno Division of the court. When an action has not 

been filed in the proper division of this court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the 

action to another venue within the district. See Local Rule 120(f). The undersigned will 

therefore order this action transferred to the Fresno Division of the court for all further 

proceedings.

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 for all further proceedings; and

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

be filed only at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

Dated: June 8, 2015

DAD:6

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