Doe v. University of Arkansas et al

IN 	THE 	UNITED 	STATES 	DISTRICT 	COURT
EASTERN 	DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
CENTRAL DIVISION
JANE 	DOE 	PLAINTIFF
v. 	No. 	4:24-cv-1111-DPM
UNIVERSITY 	OF 	ARKANSAS 	and
STATE 	OF 	ARKANSAS 	DEFENDANTS
ORDER
1. 	Doe's 	motion 	to 	proceed 	inforina 	pauperis, 	Doc. TI, 	is 	granted 	for
good 	cause.
2. 	Doe's 	second 	complaint 	is 	similar 	to 	her 	first 	one. 	She does 	not
name 	Marion 	County and 	Marion 	County 	Coroner 	Jim 	Collins 	as
defendants 	in 	the 	case 	style. 	But 	she 	calls 	them 	defendants repeatedly
and describes their 	alleged mishandling 	of her father's death and
remains 	in 	detail. 	Doe 	amplifies 	her 	allegations 	about 	lost 	funeral
benefits 	from the 	Veterans 	Administration. 	She 	now names 	the
University of Arkansas 	and 	the 	State 	of 	Arkansas 	as 	defendants,
alleging 	that 	the 	university 	has 	an 	unclaimed-bodies 	program 	for
research, and 	that 	her 	father's 	body 	was 	categorized 	as 	such 	for 	profit
by 	the 	university, 	the 	State, Coroner 	Collins, 	and 	Marion 	County.
She 	also 	mentions 	that 	the 	State 	interfered with 	a 	FEMA 	claim 	about
storm 	damage 	to 	her 	father's 	property. 	All 	this, she 	says, 	adds 	up 	to 	a
RICO violation, 	conspiracy, 	and fraud. 	In 	her first 	case, 	she 	is 	pursuing
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due 	process 	and 	Religious 	Freedom 	Restoration Act 	claims based 	on
most 	of these facts.
The 	core 	of 	Doe's 	two 	lawsuits 	is 	the 	same: 	How 	all those
involved addressed 	her 	father's death and handled 	his 	body. 	All 	the
events 	occurred 	in 	the 	Western 	District 	of 	Arkansas, 	not 	the 	Eastern
District. 	The 	interest 	of justice, and 	the efficient 	adjudication 	of 	cases,
favor 	transfer 	to 	the 	Western 	District. 	Venue 	is 	proper 	there.
And 	Doe's 	new 	claims build 	on 	her 	existing 	claims. 	On 	its 	own 	motion,
the 	Court 	therefore 	directs the Clerk of 	Court 	to 	transfer 	this 	case
immediately 	to 	the 	Western 	District 	of 	Arkansas, 	Harrison 	Division.
28 	U.S.C. 	§ 	1406(a); 	In 	re 	Nine 	Mile Limited, 	673 	F.2d 	242 	(8th 	Cir. 	1982).
So 	Ordered.
D.P. 	Marshall 	Jr.
United 	States 	District 	Judge
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