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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

HELENA DIVISION

MICHAEL E. PETTIT PLAINTIFF 

 

V. 2:16CV00102 JM 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, 

District of Utah; UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL DEFENDANTS 

 

ORDER

 Plaintiff Michael E. Pettit has submitted this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case for filing in this 

District. However, from the facts alleged and the Defendants named, it appears that venue 

properly lies in the District of Utah. 28 U.S.C. §1391(b). 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 District of Utah. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).1

 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 District of Utah. 

 The order dated October 8, 2016 (Docket No. 2) is hereby set aside. 

 DATED this 28th day of November, 2016. 

 

 ___________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

1 “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.” Id. 

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