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Parties Involved:
Aaron Collier
Defendant
Bo Finley
Defendant
Chad Ledbetter
Defendant
Tia Rae Williams
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

TIA RAE WILLIAMS, ADC #711778 PLAINTIFF

 

v. NO. 4:15CV00146 JLH

CHAD LEDBETTER, Sheriff, Hot Springs County;

BO FINLEY, Officer, Hot Springs County

Sheriff’s Department; and AARON COLLIER,

Lieutenant, Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Department DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Tia Rae Williams commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the sheriff and two

deputies of the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Department. The complaint provides addresses for all

three of them in Malvern, which is in Hot Springs County. Hot Springs County is in the Western

District of Arkansas, not the Eastern District. Venue for this action lies in the Western District of

Arkansas because the defendants reside in that district and because the events that give rise to this

action occurred in that district. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When an action is filed in the wrong district,

the Court may dismiss the action or transfer it to the district in which it could have been brought. 

28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Therefore, the Court directs the Clerk of Court to transfer this action to the

Western District of Arkansas immediately.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 13th day of March, 2015.

 

J. LEON HOLMES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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