Gillilan v. Morales et al

Filing 4

ORDER directing Clerk of Court to transfer this action to US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Dublin Division and directing Plaintiff not to file any other lawsuits involving Johnson State Prison in this Court. Ordered by Judge Hugh Lawson on 4/21/2011. (nbp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION

GREGORY GILLILAN,
Plaintiff

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vs.
Warden JOSE MORALES, et al.,
Defendant
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NO. 5:11-CV-146 (HL)
ORDER

Plaintiff GREGORY GILLILAN, an inmate at Johnson State Prison in Wrightsville,
Georgia, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiff makes wideranging complaints regarding the denial of proper medical care at Johnson State Prison, where he
was recently transferred.
The Middle District of Georgia is not the appropriate court in which to file the instant action.
The defendants appear to be located, and all of the events alleged in the complaint occurred, in
Johnson County, which is located in the Southern District of Georgia. 28 U.S.C. § 90(c)(2).
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), a district court may, in the interests of justice, transfer a civil action
filed in the wrong district. Because it appears that this action should have been filed in the Southern
District of Georgia, transfer to that district is appropriate.
Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to TRANSFER this action to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Dublin Division.
Plaintiff is DIRECTED not to file in this Court additional lawsuits relating to events
occurring at Johnson State Prison.

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A review of court records reveals that plaintiff has filed more than150 civil actions in the United
States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia, and at least 11 of those complaints
or resulting appeals have been dismissed as frivolous.

SO ORDERED, this 21st day of April, 2011.

s/ Hugh Lawson
HUGH LAWSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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