Barnett v. GEO Group, Inc. et al

Filing 4

ORDER that this case is Transferred to the United States District Court of Texas, Abilene Division. Signed by Judge Dudley H. Bowen on 12/4/15. (cmr) [Transferred from Georgia Southern on 12/4/2015.]

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STENNE?HBARNETT.
Plaintiff,

cv 315-098
GEOGROUP,INC.;
of
DWIGHT SIMS,Warden Big SpringC.t.,
individually; andMARCUS FERNANDEZ,
SISfor, Big SpringC.I.,individually,
Defendants.

ORDER
Plaintiff, al inmate at McRae Correctional Institution in McRae, Georgia, filed the
above-captioned
case in the Dublin Division of this Court even though all of tlie named
defendants located in Big Spring, Texas,and all of the eventsin Plaintiffs complaint are
are
Big
ir:
in
alleged har,eoccurred Big Spring,Texas. (Seedoc no. i, pp.2-8.) Because Springis
the
situatedin Howard Counfy in the Northern District of Texa^s, propervenuefor this action is
not
Districtof Georgia.28
the AbileneDivision of the Northern
District of Texas, the Southem

u.s.c.$ l39l(b).
In the interestofjustice, insteadof dismissingthis action,the Court may transferthe case
to the corut in which venuewould be proper. 28 U.S.C. $ t406{a): see Goldlawr,Inc. v.
it
that
tretgiq4,369 U.S. 463,46'1(1962). Because appears the caseshouldhavebeenfiled in
the NorthernDistrict of Texas,transferto that District is appropriate.

Therefore, the Court hereby ORDERS that the above-captioned case be
Abilene
DistrictCourtfor theNorthernDistrict of Texas,
TRANSFERREDto the UnitedStates
Division. for further consideration. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to forward the file to that
disrricr.

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SOORDERED

2015.at Augusta,
Georgia.
of
"d^V December.