Ali El-Bey v. Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and its Commissioners et al

Filing 5

ORDER OF TRANSFER TO OTHER DISTRICT to: Western District of Missouri. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. See 28 U.S.C. 1406(a). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions in this action shall be administrative terminated after transfer of this action. Signed by District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr on 10/15/20. (CMH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

SHEIK A.L. MARTIN ALI EL-BEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ITS
COMMISSIONERS, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 4:20-CV-1477-SRW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF TRANSFER

On October 13, 2020, self-represented plaintiff Sheik A.L. Martin Ali El-Bey, a civilly
committed person currently housed at Fulton State Hospital, filed this civil rights complaint in this
Court. For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes this action should be transferred to the
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
The complaint names as defendants Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and its
Commissioners; Janette Rodecap, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge; and the Missouri
Department of Mental Health. Although plaintiffs allegations are unclear, he appears to be
alleging he is being involuntarily medicated at Fulton State Hospital. Plaintiff also alleges he is a
"Moorish Masonic Bona Fide Adept Official" being held against µis will "when simultaneously
the aforesaid license credential commission authority currently exists that is automatically
suppose[d] to bestow upon complainant sovereign diplomatic immunity thr[ough] their very
existence."
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b), venue over civil rights actions properly lies only in: (1) a
judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State; (2) a judicial

district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or
a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in
which any defendant may be found if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be
brought. If venue does not properly lie in the district where the action is filed, the Court must
either dismiss the action, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer the action to the proper district.
28 U.S.C. § 1406(a)~
In the instant action, defendants Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and Janette
Rodecap, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge, reside in the Western District of Missouri.
Moreover, a substantial part of the conduct complained of occurred at Fulton State Hospital in
Callaway County, Missouri, which is also in the Western District of Missouri. See 28 U.S.C. §
105(b)(4). Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2), venue for this action properly lies in
the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall transfer this case to the United States
District Court for the Western District of Missouri. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions in this action shall be
administrative terminated after transfer of this action.
Dated this ,_r~day October, 2020.

STEPHENN. LMBAUGH,JR.
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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