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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Defendant
Lela Bowman
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

LELA BOWMAN, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:05CV84-SRW

) (WO)

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, )

Commissioner of Social Security, )

)

Defendant. )

ORDER

Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking review of a decision

of the Commissioner of Social Security denying him benefits. For § 405(g) actions, venue

is proper in the judicial district in which the plaintiff resides or has its principal place of

business. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Plaintiff is a resident of Dallas County, Alabama.

(Complaint, ¶ 1). Dallas County is not located within this judicial district, but in the

Southern District of Alabama. See 28 U.S.C. § 81(c)(1). Therefore, venue is improper in

this district.

Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that this action be transferred to the United States District Court for the

Southern District of Alabama, Northern Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

DONE, this 24th day of January, 2006.

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/s/ Susan Russ Walker 

SUSAN RUSS WALKER

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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