Taylor v. The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

Filing 5

OPINION on Transfer. This case will be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division. (Signed by Judge Lynn N Hughes) Parties notified. (wbostic, 4)

United States District Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF Southern District of Texas
TEXAS

ENTERED
November 17, 2016
David J. Bradley, Clerk

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JUSTIN TAYLOR,

TDCJ 2057726,
Plaintiff,
versus
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL
BRANCH GALVESTON,

Defendant.

Civil Action H-16-3296

Opinion on Transfer
An inmate has sued state prison officers for violations of his civil rights at the

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. The prison and the officers are in
Galveston County. Galveston County is in the Galveston Division of the Southern District
of Texas. This case should be transferred to the district of the events under the discretionary
general venue statutes since there is no venue specified in the Civil Rights Act. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1404(a); 28 U.S.C. § 1391; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, et seq.
This case will be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, Galveston Division.
Signed at Houston, Texas, on November

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