Sanchez v. Karnes County Correctional Center et al

Filing 5

OPINION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE to WDTX - San Antonio Division (Signed by Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos) Parties notified.(lcayce, 2) [Transferred from Texas Southern on 2/19/2015.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
PABLO CARDENAS SANCHEZ,
Plaintiff,
VS.
KARNES COUNTY CORRECTIONAL
CENTER, et al,
Defendants.

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§ CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:15-CV-89
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OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER
This is a civil rights action filed by a federal prisoner. Plaintiff Pablo Cardenas
Sanchez is currently incarcerated at the Adams Correctional Center in Natchez,
Mississippi. (D.E. 1, Page 2). In his complaint, Plaintiff challenges conditions relating to
his confinement while in the custody of the Karnes County Correctional Center in Karnes
City, Texas.

(D.E. 1, Pages 2-3).

Specifically, Plaintiff alleges Karnes County

Correctional Officers, while transferring Plaintiff from the Coastal Bend Detention
Center in Robstown, Texas, to the Karnes County Correctional Center in Karnes City,
Texas, failed to properly ventilate the transport van for several hours resulting in
Plaintiff’s hospitalization.
A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship
may be brought in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants
reside in the same state, or (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events
or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In addition, for the
convenience of parties and witnesses, and in the interest of justice, a district court may
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transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been
brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
In this case, the majority of the events about which Plaintiff complains occurred in
Karnes County, Texas. (D.E. 1). None of the Defendants resides or is found in the
Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District of Texas. Karnes County lies within the
San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas.

28 U.S.C. § 124(d)(4).

Therefore, the interests of justice would be served by a transfer to the San Antonio
Division of the Western District of Texas. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this case
be transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San
Antonio Division.
ORDERED this 18th day of February, 2015.

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NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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