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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 

WESTERN DIVISION 

CHARLES LAVELLE BAUS ELY 

v. No. 4:17-cv-89-DPM-JTR 

E.W. BULUTION, Officer, 

Ouachita River Unit; and 

PLAINTIFF 

WENDY KELLY, Board of Correction DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Charles Bausely has filed this prose§ 1983 action. The events giving rise 

to Bausely' s claim occurred in Hot Spring County, Arkansas; and the core of 

his claim is against Officer Bulution, who resides in Hot Spring County. NQ 1. 

Director Kelley, on the other hand, had a minor role in the events giving rise 

to this lawsuit and resides in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Ibid. 

The controlling statute provides that, in cases not based on diversity of 

citizenship, venue is proper in "a judicial district in which 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)(l)-(2). 

Hot Spring County is in the Hot Springs Division of the United States 

District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The Court finds that the 

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interests of justice will be best served by transferring the case there. 28 U.S.C. 

§ l 404(a). This case is therefore transferred to the United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas, Hot Springs Division. The transfer is 

immediate because the receiving Court is in the Eighth Circuit too. Cf In re 

Nine Mile Limited, 673 F.2d 242 (8th Cir. 1982). 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. r/ 

United States District Judge 

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