DAVIS v. HENDERSON et al

Filing 3

ORDER transferring the 1 Complaint filed by Mark S. Davis to the Middle District of Georgia. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 1/18/17. (wwp) [Transferred from gasd on 1/19/2017.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
MARK S. DAVIS,
Plaintiff,
v.

CV417-010

HOMER BRYSON, et al,
Defendants.

ORDER
Mark Davis is a prisoner housed at Calhoun State Prison in Calhoun
County, Georgia. Doc. 1. He brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the
several officers, the warden, and the Commissioner, for an incident at the
prison. Id . at 5.
Because his claims arise from events that took place in Calhoun County,
the proper forum for this case is the United States District Court for the
Middle District of Georgia. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) (venue); 28 U.S.C. § 1406
(district courts may dismiss or transfer cases suffering venue defects); see 28
U.S.C. § 90(b)(5). The Clerk is DIRECTED to transfer this case to the Middle
District for all further proceedings.

SO ORDERED , this 18th day of January, 2017.

UNiTED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA