Jinks v. Krc et al Case electronically transferred to the NDTX - Wichita Falls Division.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
JASON JINKS,
Plaintiff,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00052
KRC, et al.,
Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER
Plaintiff Jason Jinks, appearing pro se, has filed this prisoner civil rights action
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is a prisoner in the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Criminal Institutions Division (“TDCJ”) and is currently housed at the Willacy
County State Jail in Raymondville, Texas. In this action, Plaintiff sues four officials from
the Burkburnett Police Department in Burkburnett, Texas: (1) Sgt. Krc; (2) Sgt. Tidwell;
(3) Unidentified Officer; and (4) Sheriff David Duke. (D.E. 1). Plaintiff generally alleges
that Defendants violated his civil rights during an arrest in January 2025. Id.
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,
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
February 11, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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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).
Plaintiff seeks to hold four officials with the Burkburnett, Texas Police Department
responsible for violating his civil rights. Each of these defendants were employed in
Wichita County, which is not within the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District
of Texas. Furthermore, it is apparent that the substantial part of the events forming the
basis of Plaintiff’s claims occurred in Wichita County, Texas. Venue, therefore, is not
proper in this division or district. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The interest of justice, therefore,
will be served by transferring this action to the Wichita Falls Division of the Northern
District of Texas. See 28 U.S.C. § 124(a)(6).
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this case, including all pleadings and motions
filed therein, be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Texas, Wichita Falls Division. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case in this
division.
ORDERED on February 10, 2026.
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Julie K. Hampton
United States Magistrate Judge
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