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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
ANGEL EDUARDO RESENDEZ, §
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Plaintiff,
v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00104
BOBBY LUFKIN, et al.,
Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER
Plaintiff Angel Eduardo Resendez, appearing pro se, has filed this prisoner civil
rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is currently housed at the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice’s (“TDCJ”) Connally Unit in Kenedy, Texas. In his
complaint, Plaintiff challenges various matters relating to his confinement at the Connally
Unit. (D.E. 1).
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). In addition, for the
convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice, a district court may
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
April 07, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been
brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at the Connally Unit located in Karnes County,
Texas, which is outside of the Corpus Christi Division of this Court. None of the
defendants sued by Plaintiff in this action reside in the Corpus Christi Division of the
Southern District of Texas. Instead, seven of the eight defendants named by Plaintiff are
employed at the Connally Unit.1 All of the events forming the basis of Plaintiff’s
complaint occurred at the Connally Unit.
Venue, therefore, is not proper in this Court. Because the Connally Unit is located
in Karnes County within the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas (see
28 U.S.C. § 124(d)(4)), the interest of justice would be served by a transfer to that court.
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.
ORDERED on April 7, 2026.
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Julie K. Hampton
United States Magistrate Judge
1 Plaintiff also names TDCJ Director” Bobby Lufkin.” (D.E. 1, pp. 1, 3). It is apparent that Plaintiff seeks to sue
Bobby Lumpkin, who is now the TDCJ’s Executive Director.” The TDCJ’s Executive Director neither works nor is
employed within the Corpus Christi Division of this Court.
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