DUFF v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Full title: CHARLES DUFF, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division

Date published: Aug 23, 2010

Case No. 8:10-CV-1780-T-30MAP (M.D. Fla. Aug. 23, 2010)

Opinion

Case No. 8:10-CV-1780-T-30MAP.

August 23, 2010

ORDER

JAMES MOODY JR., District Judge

Plaintiff, a state inmate proceeding pro se, initiated this matter by filing his civil rights complaint (Dkt. 1), request to proceed in forma pauperis (Dkt. 2), Motion for Appointment of Counsel (Dkt. 3), Motion to Request a Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. 4), Motion to Request Jurisdiction (Dkt. 5), and Motion to File Under Mitigating Factors (Dkt. 6). A review of the complaint reveals that Plaintiff is incarcerated at Marion Correctional Institution ("MCI"), Lowell, Florida, and he challenges the conditions of his confinement at MCI. The correct venue for this complaint is the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Ocala Division.

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's Motion to Request Jurisdiction (Dkt. 5) is DENIED.

2. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), this case is transferred to the Ocala Division for all further proceedings, and the Clerk shall immediately forward the file to that Division and close this case.

DONE and ORDERED in Tampa, Florida.