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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 

JAVON TERRY PLAINTIFF 

ADC #149993 

 

V. NO. 4:23-cv-01179-BRW-ERE 

DAVID LINGO DEFENDANT 

 ORDER 

On December 11, 2023, pro se plaintiff Javon Terry, an Arkansas Division of 

Correction inmate previously detained at the Hot Springs County Jail (“County 

Jail”), filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that County Jail staff 

members failed to protect him from an inmate attack on September 22, 2022. Doc. 

1. 

Mr. Terry’s claims arose in Malvern, Arkansas, where all Defendants are 

located. Malvern, Arkansas is in the Western District of Arkansas. Venue is proper 

in the judicial district where “any defendant resides” or where “a substantial part of 

the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred.” 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 

Accordingly, venue is not proper in this district. Rather than dismiss the case for 

improper venue, the Court will transfer the case to the Western District, where venue 

is proper. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) (providing that the “district court of a district in 

which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or 

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if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which 

it could have been brought”). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the Clerk of Court is directed to 

transfer this case immediately to the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Arkansas. 

So Ordered 13 December 2023. 

 

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 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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