Opinion
4:24CV01110-JM-JTK
12-18-2024
JONATHAN DEWAYNE PHILLIPS, ADC # 184473A PLAINTIFF v. HETTIE PARKER, et al. DEFENDANTS
ORDER
JEROME T. KEARNEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Jonathan Dewayne Phillips (“Plaintiff') filed a pro se Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Searcy County, Arkansas, Jail Administrator Hettie Parker and Jailer Montana Flint. (Doc. No. 2). The Searcy County Jail is in Marshall, Arkansas, which lies in the Western District of Arkansas.
Because of the Defendants named and allegations made, the Court finds that the interests of justice would be best served by transferring this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
“The district court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought' Id
The Clerk of the Court is directed to immediately TRANSFER PLAINTIFF'S ENTIRE CASE FILE to the Western District of Arkansas.
IT IS SO ORDERED.