MACK v. TAYLOR et al

Filing 4

ORDER directing the Clerk to transfer the 1 Complaint filed by Johnny Mack Jr. to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 4/20/15. (wwp) [Transferred from gasd on 4/20/2015.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION

JOHNNY MACK, JR.,

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Plaintiffs,

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Case No. CV415-078

V.

WARDEN CEDRIC TAYLOR,
WARDEN LUMPKIN, and
BALDWIN STATE PRISON,
Defendants.

ORDER
Before the Court is Johnny Mack's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights
complaint claiming that he was injured because the staff at Baldwin
State Prison failed to employ shower mats and refused him necessary
medical care after a fall. (Doc. 1 at 5.) All of the named defendants
appear to reside within the jurisdiction of the United States District
Court for the Middle District of Georgia, see 28 U.S.C. § 90(b)(4)
(Baldwin County lies within the Middle District's Macon Division), and
all of the facts underlying the complaint relate to events that transpired
there. Because Mack's claims have no connection to this District, and

because he does not allege that any defendant resides here, proper venue
for this case lies in the Middle District of Georgia.

28 U.S.C. § 1391

(venue); 28 U.S.C. § 1406 (permitting district courts to dismiss or
transfer cases suffering from venue defects). Accordingly, the Clerk is
DIRECTED to transfer this case to the United States District Court for
the Middle District of Georgia for further proceedings.
SO ORDERED this

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of April, 2015.

UNITED S ES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA