Goff v. Lackner

Full title: THOMAS L. GOFF, Plaintiff, v. HEIDI M. LACKNER, Warden, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Jul 13, 2015

2:15-cv-1411-EFB P (E.D. Cal. Jul. 13, 2015)

Opinion

THOMAS L. GOFF, Plaintiff, v. HEIDI M. LACKNER, Warden, Defendant. No. 2:15-cv-1411-EFB P United States District Court, E.D. California. July 13, 2015

          ORDER

          EDMUND F. BRENNAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.¹ He alleges a violation of his federal rights at the Sierra Conservation Center, which is in Tuolumne County, California. Tuolumne County is in the Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and this action should have been commenced there. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(d). Where a civil action has not been commenced in the proper division of a court, the court may, on its own motion, transfer the action to the proper division. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 120(f).

1 He also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and requests the appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 2, 3.

         Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. This action is transferred to the Fresno Division.

2. The Clerk of Court shall assign a new case number.

3. All future filings shall bear the new case number and shall be filed at: