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Parties Involved:
B. Carpenter
Defendant
Michael Bruce Anthony McPherson
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL BRUCE ANTHONY 

MCPHERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

B. CARPENTER,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:25-cv-00050-CDB (PC) 

ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

(Doc. 1)

Plaintiff Michael Bruce Anthony McPherson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro 

se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff alleges that 

Defendant B. Carpenter (“Defendant”), a correctional officer at High Desert State Prison, sexually 

harassed Plaintiff during an unclothed body search strip search on March 1, 2024, in violation of 

his right to be free from sexual misconduct under the Eighth Amendment. (Id. at 3, 8).

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. E.D. Cal. L.R. 120(f). In this case, Plaintiff’s claims arose and the underlying events 

occurred at High Desert State Prison located in Susanville, California, which is in Lassen County. 

(Doc. 1). The named defendant is or was employed at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County. 

(Id.). Lassen County is located in the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California. 

See E.D. L.R. 120(d); 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). Therefore, the Court finds that the interests of justice will 

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be better served by transferring this case to the Sacramento Division of the Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 

1404(a).

Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is transferred to the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California sitting in Sacramento.

All future filings shall reference the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall be 

filed at:

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 I Street, Room 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2025 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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