Wallis v. Helder et al

Filing 3

ORDER directing the Clerk of the Court to immediately transfer plaintiff's entire file to the Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, as the Court finds the interests of judgment would be best served by this transfer. Signed by Judge James M. Moody on 7/7/11. (kpr) [Transferred from ared on 7/8/2011.]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
JOHN P. WALLIS,
ADC #653317
v.

PLAINTIFF
4:11-cv-00534-JMM-JTK

TIM HELDER, et al.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

The Court finds that the interests of justice would be best served by transferring this case to
the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Venue would be proper in the
Western District, as Defendants are located there and the events complained of allegedly occurred
there. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).1
The Clerk of the Court is directed to immediately TRANSFER PLAINTIFF’S ENTIRE
CASE FILE to the Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, 510 John Paul
Hammerschmidt Federal Bldg., P.O. Box 6420, Fayetteville, AR 72701-6420.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of July, 2011.

___________________________________
JAMES M. MOODY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

“The district court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or
district shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or
division in which it could have been brought.” Id.