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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

SHARDA LE’JARDUN MULLINS PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No: 4:24-cv-00957-LPR-PSH 

M. STERNISHA, et al. DEFENDANTS 

ORDER

 Plaintiff has submitted this case for filing in this District. However, from the facts alleged 

and the Defendants described, it appears that venue properly lies in the Western District of 

Arkansas. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391(b): 

 A civil action may be brought in-- 

(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are 

residents of the State in which the district is located; 

(2) a judicial district in which a substantial 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) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided 

in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court’s 

personal jurisdiction with respect to such action. 

Plaintiff complains about events that occurred at the Columbia County Jail in Magnolia, Columbia 

County, Arkansas, and she states that the named Defendants are employed there.1

 Columbia 

County is in the El Dorado Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of 

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 Compl. (Doc. 1). 

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Arkansas. Accordingly, the Court finds that the interests of justice would best be served by 

transferring this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.2

 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to immediately 

transfer Plaintiff’s entire case file to the United States District Court for the Western District of 

Arkansas. 

 DATED this 6th day of November 2024. 

 _______________________________ 

 LEE P. RUDOFSKY 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

2 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.”). 

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