(PC) Hendrix v. Foulk ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BENJAMIN HENDRIX, No. 2:20-cv-1479 KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 F. FOULK, Warden, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 29, 2020, plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed with 19 leave to amend. On September 3, 2020, plaintiff filed a request for extension of time to file an 20 amended complaint, and also submitted an amended complaint (ECF No. 13). 21 Plaintiff’s amended complaint was handed to prison staff for mailing on August 27, 2020.1 22 Therefore, his amended complaint was timely filed, and no extension of time is necessary. Thus, 23 plaintiff’s motion is denied. 24 In his amended complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants at 25 North Kern State Prison. The alleged violations took place in Kern County, which is part of the 26 27 1 “[T[he Houston mailbox rule applies to § 1983 complaints filed by pro se prisoners.” Douglas v. Noelle, 567 F.3d 1103, 1109 (9th Cir. 2009), citing Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 275-76 28 (1988). MASS 2 CUVEE SUING RAMU POC eA 1 | Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. See 2 | Local Rule 120¢d). 3 Pursuant to Local Rule 120(f), a civil action which has not been commenced in the proper 4 | division of a court may, on the court’s own motion, be transferred to the proper division of the 5 | court. Therefore, this action will be transferred to the Fresno Division of the court. In light of 6 | 1996 amendments to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court will not rule on plaintiff's request to proceed in 7 | forma pauperis. 8 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 9 1. Plaintiff's motion for extension of time (ECF No. 11) is denied; 10 2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 11 | California sitting in Fresno; and 12 3. All future filings shall reference the new Fresno case number assigned and shall be 13 | filed at: United States District Court 14 Eastern District of California 2500 Tulare Street 15 Fresno, CA 93721 16 17 | Dated: September 14, 2020 i Aectl Aharon 19 KENDALL J.NE mnend1479.22 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28