Parker v. Doe et al

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER Regarding Venue. It is ordered that this civil rights action is TRANSFERRED to the Galveston Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christine L. Stetson on 3/6/25. (kcv) Mailed to Parker with ack card on 6/7/25.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BEAUMONT DIVISION
MICHAEL A. PARKER

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VS.

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JOHN DOE, ET AL.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:25-cv-99

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING VENUE
Plaintiff Michael A. Parker, an inmate confined within the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a John Doe doctor and several unidentified security officers. Plaintiff
alleges Defendants are employed at a hospital in Galveston, Texas.
Discussion
The Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, et. seq., under which this case is brought, does not
contain a specific venue provision. Accordingly, venue in civil rights cases is controlled by 28
U.S.C. § 1391. When, as in this case, jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship,
28 U.S.C. § 1391 provides that venue is proper only in the judicial district where the defendants
reside or in which the claim arose.
Plaintiff complains of events which occurred in Galveston County, Texas. His claims
therefore arose in Galveston County. In addition, Defendants appear to reside in Galveston County.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 124(b)(1), Galveston County is located in the Galveston Division
of the Southern District of Texas. As this case does not appear to have any connection with the
Eastern District of Texas, the court is of the opinion this matter should be transferred to the
Galveston Division of the Southern District.

ORDER
For the reasons set forth above, it is ORDERED that this civil rights action is
TRANSFERRED to the Galveston Division of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas.
SIGNED this the 6th day of March, 2025.

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Christine L Stetson
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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