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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 7 8 COTTRELL BROADNAX, Case No. 25-cv-04483-PHK 9 Plaintiff,

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO

10 v. THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF

11 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., CALIFORNIA 12 Defendants.

13 14 INTRODUCTION 15 Plaintiff, an inmate housed at Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”), has filed a pro se civil 16 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. [Dkt. 9]. The Complaint names as defendants (and 17 identifies them by title) the following persons explicitly: Gavin Newsom (the Governor of 18 California), Rob Bonta (the Attorney General of the State of California), Jeff Macomber (CDCR 19 Secretary), and Pat Horn (Warden of KVSP). Id. at 2. 20 On May 28, 2025, Plaintiff attempted to initiate this lawsuit by filing two documents 21 consisting of fragments of other documents with extensive interlineations handwritten in the 22 margins. [Dkts. 1-2]. On May 28, 2025, the Clerk of Court…