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Parties Involved:
J. Cuifo
Defendant
Jerome A. Porter-Bey
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEROME A. PORTER-BEY,

Plaintiff, No. 2:10-cv-01089 KJN P

vs.

J. CUIFO,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a federal prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed a civil rights

action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The

alleged violation of civil rights took place at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, Merced

County, California. 

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). This action should therefore have

been commenced in the Fresno, rather than the Sacramento, Division of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California. 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. This action will therefore be transferred to the Fresno

Division. This court has not ruled on plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis.

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Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division of the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of California; and

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

shall be filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, CA 93721

DATED: May 11, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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