Jones v. Hankins

Filing 8

ORDER directing the Clerk to transfer this action to the Western District of Arkansas immediately. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 9/27/11. (vjt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
MARVIN LEWIS JONES, JR.,
ADC #653843
v.

PLAINTIFF

No. 4:11CV00087 JLH-JJV

CHANCE HANKINS, Jailer,
Ashley County Detention Center

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

Marvin Lewis Jones, Jr., brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Chance Hankins,
whom he alleges is the jailer at the Ashley County Detention Center in Ashley County, Arkansas.
The allegations concern events that occurred at the Ashley County Detention Center in Ashley
County, Arkansas. Ashley County is in the Western District of Arkansas, not the Eastern District
of Arkansas. See 28 U.S.C. § 83. Therefore, venue over this action is in the Western District of
Arkansas, not in the Eastern District. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Accordingly, the Clerk is directed to
transfer this action to the Western District of Arkansas immediately.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of September, 2011.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE