Mullins v. Sternisha et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
CENTRAL DIVISION
SHARDA LE’JARDUN MULLINS 	PLAINTIFF
v. 	Case No: 4:24-cv-00957-LPR-PSH
M. STERNISHA, et al. 	DEFENDANTS
ORDER
Plaintiff has submitted this case for filing in this District. However, from the facts alleged
and the Defendants described, it appears that venue properly lies in the Western District of
Arkansas. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391(b):
A civil action may be brought in--
(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are
residents of the State in which the district is located;
(2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving
rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of
the action is situated; or
(3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided
in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s
personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.
Plaintiff complains about events that occurred at the Columbia County Jail in Magnolia, Columbia
County, Arkansas, and she states that the named Defendants are employed there.1 	Columbia
County is in the El Dorado Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of
1 Compl. (Doc. 1).
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Arkansas. 	Accordingly, the Court finds that the interests of justice would best be served by
transferring this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.2
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to immediately
transfer Plaintiff’s entire case file to the United States District Court for the Western District of
Arkansas.
DATED this 6th day of November 2024.
_______________________________
LEE P. RUDOFSKY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
2 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.”).
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