Opinion
Civil Action 24-cv-214
04-18-2024
SANTOS CASTRO-MOTA, Plaintiff, v. WARDEN TERREA MOJOR CLARK, et al, Defendants.
Hon. Cynthia Reed Eddy
ORDER OF COURT
WILLIAM S. STICKMAN IV UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Petitioner Santos Castro-Mota (“Petitioner”) initiated this case by filing a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with a prisoner civil rights complaint attached. (ECF No. 1). After a thorough Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy recommending the transfer of this matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (ECF No. 3), and having received no objections, the Court hereby ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Eddy's Report and Recommendation as its Opinion. It concurs with her legal analysis and conclusion that venue is improper in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
AND NOW, this 17 day of April 2024, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court TRANSFER this matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania forthwith. Adjudication of Petitioner's pending motion is deferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This case is hereby CLOSED in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.