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Order Transferring to Sacramento 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN RAFAEL LAPONTE, Case No. 1:24-cv-01222-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

v. EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND CLOSING CASE IN FRESNO

GAVIN NEWSOM, ROB RONTA, K.R. DIVISION

ZUETEL, JENNIFER SHAFFER, JAMES

L. LANDRUM, SR., (Doc. No. 7) Defendants. 17 Plaintiff John Rafael Laponte, a state prisoner, initiated this pro se action in the Northern District of California by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 while incarcerated at Correctional Training Facility, Soledad, California. (Doc. No. 7). Because the Complaint alleges claims against the Governor of California and other high-level California state officials regarding the enactment and enforcement of legislation, the Northern District transferred this case to this Court in the Eastern District of California. (Doc. No. 20). Venue for this action, however, 24 …