Jurisdiction and Venue
Pursuant to Local Rule 120(d)
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 in 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.