Mitchell et al vs Davis, et al

Filing 3

ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE to Houston Division(Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified.(dperez, 3)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
DARIUS MITCHELL, et al,
Plaintiffs,
VS.
M. ROESLER, et al,
Defendants.

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December 01, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:17-CV-366

ORDER TO TRANSFER
State inmate Darius Mitchell (TDCJ #01490309) has filed a complaint alleging
violations of his civil rights. Mitchell, who is of the Hindu faith, alleges that officials at
the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) are
unconstitutionally restricting his religious rights by denying him permission to wear a
headband that covers his forehead (Dkt. 1 at pp. 3–4). TDCJ’s Ellis Unit is located in
Walker County, which is located in the Houston Division of the Southern District of
Texas. The Court will transfer these claims to that division. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 124(b)(2),
1391(b), 1404(a).
The Court ORDERS the District Clerk to TRANSFER this case to the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
The Clerk will send a copy of this order to the parties.
SIGNED at Galveston, Texas, this 1st day of December, 2017.
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George C. Hanks Jr.
United States District Judge

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