SESSIONS OF COURT - INTRADISTRICT VENUE
(a) Sacramento and Fresno. Court shall be in continuous session at
Sacramento and Fresno. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 84, 132 et seq. The Court maintains libraries
in Sacramento and Fresno which are open to attorneys admitted to practice in this Court
and to persons appearing in propria persona in this Court, who may use the libraries in
accordance with such General Orders as the Court may adopt. Persons using the
libraries are directed to refrain from requesting legal advice.
(b) Other Regular Sessions. The Magistrate Judges also hold regular
sessions in Bakersfield, Redding and Yosemite National Park.
(c) Other Sessions. Sessions of court may also be held at other places in the
District as the Court requires.
(d) Commencement of Actions. All 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 Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa,
Merced, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties shall be commenced in the United States District
Court sitting in Fresno, California, and in Bakersfield, California, Yosemite National Park,
or other designated places within those counties as the Court shall designate when
appropriate for Magistrate Judge criminal proceedings. All 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 Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El
Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San
Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and
Yuba counties shall be commenced in the United States District Court sitting Sacramento,
California, and in Redding, California, or other designated places within those counties
as the Court shall designate when appropriate for Magistrate Judge criminal proceedings.
(e) Assignment of Actions. All actions will be assigned in accordance with
the Assignment Plan approved by the Court en banc and reproduced as Appendix A to
these Rules.
(f) Transfer. Whenever in any action the Court finds upon its own motion,
motion of any party, or stipulation that the action has not been commenced in the proper
court in accordance with this Rule, or for other good cause, the Court may transfer the
action to another venue within the District.
(g) General Duty Judge. The Chief Judge shall, from time to time, appoint a
General Duty Judge. See L.R. 101.
