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Parties Involved:
Orlando Ford
Petitioner
R. Grounds
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORLANDO FORD,

Petitioner, No. 2:13-cv-0031 AC P 

vs.

R. GROUNDS, 

Respondent. ORDER

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

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1

 In his application, petitioner challenges a prison

disciplinary conviction at Corcoran State Prison, which is located in Kings County. Kings

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

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 However, petitioner has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required

filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). 

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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

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: March 18, 2013.

 

ALLISON CLAIRE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

AC:009

ford031.109

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