Local Rule LR IA 1-8: PLACE OF FILING
D. Nev. — General rule
LR IA 1-8. PLACE OF FILING
(a) In civil actions filed by inmates proceeding pro se, the action must be filed in the unofficial division of the court in which the inmate is held when the complaint or petition is submitted for filing. If the inmate is not held in this district, then the action must be filed in the unofficial division of the court in which the events giving rise to a cause of action are alleged to have occurred. All other civil actions must be filed in the clerk's office for the unofficial division of the court in which the action allegedly arose.
(b) In criminal cases where the alleged offense was committed in more than one division, the government may file the indictment or information in either division.
(c) All filings must be made and proceedings had in the division of the court in which the case was originally filed, except that the presiding judge may direct that proceedings or trial take place in the division other than the division where filed.