Robertson v. Iberia Parish Jail et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SADARIOUS JERELL ROBERTSON 	CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS 	NO. 25-2524
IBERIA PARISH JAIL, ET AL. 	SECTION “B”(3)
ORDER AND REASONS
Plaintiff, Sadarious Jerell Robertson, an inmate housed at the Iberia Parish
Jail in New Iberia, Louisiana, submitted for filing this pro se complaint under 42
U.S.C. § 1983. In this lawsuit, he alleges that was poisoned by eyedrops administered
at the jail.1
Federal law provides:
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.
28 U.S.C. § 1391(b).
1 R. Doc. 1 at 6; R. Doc. 1-1.
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2
In the instant case, the defendants are not alleged to reside in the Eastern
District of Louisiana. Further, no part of the events or omissions giving rise to
plaintiff’s claims occurred within this district. Those events or omissions allegedly
occurred in Iberia Parish, which is within the geographical boundaries of the United
States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. 28 U.S.C. § 98(c).
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 1406(a), a district in which venue is
wrong may transfer a case to another district or division in which venue is proper, if
such transfer is in the interest of justice. Balawajder v. Scott, 160 F.3d 1066, 1067
(5th Cir. 1999). Because venue is not proper in the Eastern District of Louisiana but
would be proper in the Western District of Louisiana, the Court finds that it is in the
interest of justice and fairness to the parties that this civil action be transferred to
the Western District of Louisiana for further consideration.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the captioned matter be TRANSFERRED to the
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 23rd day of December, 2025.
__________________________________________
EVA J. DOSSIER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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