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8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 SAGI MUKATIN,

11 Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0292 GEB DAD P

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13 THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION OF
14 CALIFORNIA, et al.,

15 Defendants. ORDER

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17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant

18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by numerous

19 defendants at two institutions. The alleged violations arose at Pleasant Valley State Prison,

20 which is located in Fresno County, and California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State

21 Prison, which is located in Kings County.

22 Pursuant to Local Rule 3-120(d), all civil actions in which the claims arose in

23 Fresno County or Kings County shall be commenced in the United States District Court for the

24 Eastern District of California sitting in Fresno. When a civil action has not been commenced in

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Plaintiff has not paid the required filing fee or submitted an application to proceed in
26 forma pauperis.

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1 the proper court within this district, the court may, on the court’s own motion, transfer the action

2 to the proper court. See Local Rule 3-120(f). This action will therefore be transferred to the

3 Fresno Division of the court.2

4 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

6 District of California sitting in Fresno; and

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

8 shall be filed at:

9 United States District Court

Eastern District of California
10 2500 Tulare Street
Fresno, CA 93721
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Plaintiff previously filed an action against the same defendants in the Fresno Division
of this court. See Mukatin v. Hesseltine, et al., case No. CIV F-05-00324 AWI SMS P. The
25 docket for the Fresno case reflects that the court recently directed the United States Marshal to
serve the complaint on nine defendants. On February 15, 2006, plaintiff’s claims against all
26 other defendants were dismissed without prejudice.