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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

MATTHEW L. ROWELL, #165526, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CASE NO. 2:16-CV-536-WKW

) (WO)

UAB MEDICAL CENTER, )

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Defendant. )

ORDER

On September 1, 2016, the Magistrate Judge entered a Recommendation

(Doc. # 4) to which no objections have been filed. After a de novo review of the 

record, it is ORDERED that the Recommendation (Doc. # 4) is ADOPTED and that 

this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of Alabama pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).1

The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to take the necessary steps to effectuate 

the transfer of this action.

DONE this 24th day of October, 2016. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

1 Alternatively, if the Middle District of Alabama is not a proper venue under 28 U.S.C. § 

1391(b), the transfer is effectuated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), which provides: “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.”

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