(PS) Debbs v. Dignity Health Hospital

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EURAL DEBBS, SR., No. 2:22–cv–0284–KJM–KJN PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER

DIGNITY HEALTH HOSPITAL, Defendant. 16 On February 14, 2022, plaintiff (who is proceeding without counsel) filed this action alleging racial discrimination in the care he received at the defendant hospital. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) For the following reasons, the court concludes that the case was mistakenly filed in the Sacramento division of the Eastern District of California, and therefore transfers the action to the Fresno division.1 The court’s Local Rules provide that “[a]ll civil and criminal actions and proceedings of every nature and kind cognizable in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California arising in Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,

Because this order does not affect the viability of any claim or defense in this…