Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-arwd-3_24-cv-03054/USCOURTS-arwd-3_24-cv-03054-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Montana Flint
Defendant
Hettie Parker
Defendant
Jonathan Dewayne Phillips
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVISION

JONATHAN DEWAYNE PHILLIPS, PLAINTIFF

ADC # 184473A

v. 4:24CV01110-JM-JTK

HETTIE PARKER, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Jonathan Dewayne Phillips (“Plaintiff”) filed a pro se Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 against Searcy County, Arkansas, Jail Administrator Hettie Parker and Jailer Montana 

Flint. (Doc. No. 2). The Searcy County Jail is in Marshall, Arkansas, which lies in the 

Western District of Arkansas. 

Because of the Defendants named and allegations made, the Court finds that the interests 

of justice would be best served by transferring this case to the United States District Court for the 

Western District of Arkansas. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).1

The Clerk of the Court is directed to immediately TRANSFER PLAINTIFF’S ENTIRE 

CASE FILE to the Western District of Arkansas. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of December, 2024.

_________________________________

JEROME T. KEARNEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE 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.

Case 3:24-cv-03054-CDC Document 3 Filed 12/18/24 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:

<pageID>