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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
KEVIN WINBORN,
Plaintiff,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00073
JANE DOE, et al.,
Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER
Plaintiff Kevin Winborn, appearing pro se, has filed this prisoner civil rights action
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is currently housed at the Stiles Unit in Beaumont,
Texas. Plaintiff sues a Jane Doe nurse and a John Doe physician, who each work at the
Connally Unit in Kenedy, Texas. (D.E. 1, pp. 1-2, 4). Plaintiff alleges that he received
inadequate medical treatment at the Connally Unit following his heart attack suffered in
September 2024. Id. at 4-8.
A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship
may be brought in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside
in the same state, or (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or
omissions giving rise to the claim occurred. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). “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.” 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
March 12, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The Connally Unit is located in Kenedy, Texas (Karnes County). Defendants work
in Karnes County, which is not within the Corpus Christi Division of this Court.
Furthermore, all of the events giving rise to Plaintiff’s claims occurred in Karnes County,
which is within the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas. 28 U.S.C. §
124(d)(4). Venue, therefore, is not proper in this Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The interest
of justice, therefore, will be served by transferring this action to the San Antonio Division
of the Western District of Texas.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this case, including all pleadings, notices,
motions, and orders filed therein, is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. The Clerk is DIRECTED to
close this case in this division.
ORDERED on March 12, 2026.
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Julie K. Hampton
United States Magistrate Judge
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