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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

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

SOLOMON LEE/MILLSAP PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-4028

SANDRA BROWN, Security Officer, Varner

Supermax Unit; M. HARREL, Security Officer,

Varner Supermax Unit; COI BROWN, Security

Officer, Varner Supermax Unit; B. McCONNEL,

Security Officer, Varner Supermax Unit; KATV;

CHANNEL 7; GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE;

DALE NICHOLSON, Chairman, Channel 7 (KATV);

LARRY MAY, Deputy Director, ADC; LARRY

NORRIS, Director, ADC; MAX MOBLEY, Deputy

Director, ADC; RICK L. TONEY, Warden,

Varner Supermax Unit; TERRI BROWN,

Administrative Review Officer, Varner Supermax

Unit; JENNIFER MORRIS HORAN, Federal

Defender; JAMES GIPSON, Internal Affairs

for ADC; TIFFANYE COMPTON, Inmate

Grievance Supervisor; PULASKI COUNTY

and LINCOLN COUNTY DEFENDANTS

MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Plaintiff Solomon Lee/Millsap ("Millsap") brings this pro se civil rights action under 42

U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a wide range of violations including "prejudice, malicious intent, denial

of due process and equal protection which in [sic] violation of First, Fifth, Eighth, and

Fourteenth Amendment [sic] to the United States Constitution." (Doc. 1, Attached Page.) These

claims appear to arise out of the execution of Rally Doby Noel. 

This court granted plaintiff in forma pauperis status (Doc. 3), subject to a later

determination of whether service should be issued. For the reasons explained below, service

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should not be directed, rather this complaint should be transferred to the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 

All of the defendants that Millsap names in this action reside in the Eastern District of

Arkansas. Furthermore, the plaintiff was detained in the Arkansas Department of Correction

Brickey's Unit when he filed his complaint, and the Brickey's Unit is also located in the Eastern

District of Arkansas. 

Venue in a civil action is proper in "a judicial district in which a substantial part of the

events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred." See 28 U.S.C. § 1391. It appears that

Millsap’s claims arise from actions taken in the Eastern District of Arkansas, and thus, venue

is proper in that district. 

Therefore, I recommend that in the interest of justice that this case be transferred to the

Eastern District of Arkansas. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) ("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.")

The clerk should be directed to transmit the original file to the Clerk for the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 

Millsap has ten days from receipt of this report and recommendation in which to

file written objections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The failure to file timely written

objections may result in waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact. Millsap is

reminded that objections must be both timely and specific to trigger de novo review by the

district court. 

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DATED this 3rd day of May 2006.

/s/ Bobby E. Shepherd

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HON. BOBBY E. SHEPHERD 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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