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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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When Plaintiff Philcarlo D'Marcone filed the Complaint, he was confined in DCF-Watonga.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Philcarlo D'Marcone, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

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Corrections Corporation of America, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-05-3698-PHX-DGC (CRP)

ORDER

Plaintiff Philcarlo D'Marcone (Plaintiff), present ly confined in the Stiner Unit of the

Arizona St at e Prison Complex - Lewis in Buckeye, Arizona (ASPC-Lewis), and Plaintiff

Chester Wayne Jacobs, presently confined in the Diamondback Correctional Facility in

Watonga, Oklahoma (DCF-Watonga), filed with the Clerk of the Court on November 15,

2005 a pro se "Civil Rights Complaint By A Prisoner" (Document #1) (Complaint) pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiffs have not paid the $250 filing fee or filed a certified

"Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A Prisoner Civil (Non-Habeas)" with the

Complaint. 

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COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs allege three grounds for relief: 1) t hat Defendants violated "Article 5 USC

1338, Placing Life Or Limb In Direct Threat Or Potential Threat[] By Security Leaks, False

Information, Inadequate Security Staff;" 2) that Defendants subjected Plaintiffs to an

"Institutional Breach of Security Facing Threat to Life or Limb by Negl[i]gence Pursuant

to 28 USC 1443 C, D, E & G;" and 3) Defendant s violated "18 USC 1691 c. 645, 62 Statute.

776 Post al M ail & Money Orders. Chapter 83 FRAP And Following Statutes.1696, 1697,

1698, 1699, 1701 and 1702." (Complaint at 4-6).

Named as Defendants in the Complaint are: (1) Corrections Corporation of America,

owners of DCF-Watonga; (2) Lane Blair, Warden at DCF-Watonga; (3) Anastacio Perez ,

Assistant Warden Security at DCF-Watonga; and (4) Aderanne Grant, Correctional Officer

Sergeant at DCF-Watonga. (Complaint at 1-2). 

Plaintiffs seeks imposition of fines, money damages, payment of court fees, and an

investigation by the United States Attorney's Office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

(Complaint at 7).

IMPROPER VENUE

Venue for actions not based solely on diversity of citizenship is determined by 28

U.S.C. § 1391(b) which states:

(b) A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of

citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in (1)

a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the

same State, (2) a judicial district in which a subst ant ial part of the events or

omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property

that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which

any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may

otherwise be brought.

(Emphasis added.)

Here, all of the Defendants, with the possible exception of the Corrections

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According to its website, http://www.correctionscorp.com, the Corrections Corporation of

America is incorporated under the laws of Maryland and has its headquarters in Tennessee. 

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Because this action is being transferred to another dist rict , t he Court will not address

Plaintiffs' failure to pay the $250 filing fee or file an Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By

A Prisoner Civil (Non-Habeas). The Court will also not address Plaintiff Philcarlo D'Marcone's

letter (Document #3) addressed to Mr. Richard Weare, District Court Executive, which was filed on

December 9, 2005. 

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Corporation of America,2 reside in Oklahoma, and it is clear that none of the Defendants

named in Plaintiffs' Complaint reside in Arizona. It also appears that all of the events or

omissions giving rise to the claims in the Complaint occurred in Oklahoma, not in Arizona.

Accordingly, venue is not proper in the United States District Court for the District of

Arizona.

Title 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) provides that “[t]he dist rict 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.” Because most , if not all, of the Defendants reside in Oklahoma, and because all

of the events or omissions giving rise t o the claims in the Complaint occurred in Oklahoma,

t his action could have been brought in the United States District Court for the West ern

District of Oklahoma. The Court finds that a transfer to the United States Dist rict Court for

the West ern District of Oklahoma is in the interest of justice. Accordingly, this action will

be transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.3

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk is DIRECTED to T RANSFER this

action to the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

DATED this 26th day of January, 2006.

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