1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEREMY LOCKHART, 1:25-cv-01077 SAB (PC)

12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE

SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE

14 UNKNOWN FEDERAL OFFICERS, EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights 18 action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), together with a request 19 to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 20 In his complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants. The alleged 21 violations took place in Stanislaus County, which is part of the Sacramento Division of the United 22 States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Therefore, the complaint should have 23 been filed in the Sacramento Division. Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 24 court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper court. Therefore, this action 25 will be transferred to the Sacramento Division. This court will not rule on plaintiff’s request to 26 proceed in forma pauperis. 27 1 /// 28 1 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 3 | California sitting in Sacramento; and 4 2. All future filings shall refer to the new Sacramento case number assigned and shall be 5 | filed at: 6 United States District Court Eastern District of California 7 501 "I Street, Suite 4-200 Sacramento, CA 95814 3. This court has not ruled on plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis. 9 10 11 | SO ORDERED. A (ee 12 | Dated: _ August 27, 2025 OF 13 STANLEY A. BOONE United States Magistrate Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 > 28