Randle v. Owens et al

Filing 4

ORDER directing the Clerk of Court to immediately transfer Plaintiff's entire case file to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Signed by Judge James M. Moody Jr. on 3/30/2021. (ljb) [Transferred from Arkansas Eastern on 3/31/2021.]

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION LEODIS RANDLE v. PLAINTIFF No: 4:21-cv-00238-JM OWENS, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER Plaintiff has submitted this case for filing in this district. However, from the facts alleged and the Defendants named, it appears that venue properly lies in the Western District of Tennessee. See 28 U.S.C. §1391(b). Accordingly, the Court finds that the interests of justice would best be served by transferring this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) (“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.”). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the Clerk of the Court is directed to IMMEDIATELY TRANSFER PLAINTIFF’S ENTIRE CASE FILE to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. DATED this 30th day of March, 2021. _______________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE  

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