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Parties Involved:
D. K. Johnson
Respondent
Rachael Anne Porteous
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RACHAEL ANNE PORTEOUS,

Petitioner,

v.

D. K. JOHNSON,

Respondent.

1:13-cv-02091-GSA (HC)

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a habeas corpus action pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. ' 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

' 1915. 

The petitioner is challenging a conviction from Butte County, which is part of the 

Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

Therefore, the petition should have been filed in the Sacramento Division. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the 

proper court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Therefore, this 

action will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

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California sitting in Sacramento; and

2. 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, Suite 4-200

Sacramento, CA 95814

3. This court has not ruled on petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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