# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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Lis a M. Wilk in s, Hea rin g J ud ge , Arka ns as Paro le Bo ard ; Su pe rv is or Mark Bern th al , Pro ba ti on an d P aro le Offic e, Ro ge rs , Arka ns as ; Sh eri ff Vic Reg al ad o, T u l s a C o u n t y , O k l a h o m a ; K ins ey Ri ve r s , P r o b a t i o n a n d P a r o l e A g e n t , R o g e r s , A

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s - F ay et te vi ll e

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PER CURI AM.

Ch arl es Jo hn st on , Jr

. ap pe al s th e di st ric t co ur t’s pr es erv ic e di sm is sa l of hi s
act io n un de r 42 U.S.C. § 19 83 fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m an d la ck of pe r so na l juri sd ic ti on

. W e rev ie w de no vo th e di sm is sa ls fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m , se e Moo rev. Si ms , 20 0 F.3 d 11 70
, 11 71 (8 th Ci r. 20 00 ) ( p e r c u r i a m), an d we co nc lu de th at

di sm is sa l was pro pe r fo r th e rea so ns st at ed in th e d is tri ct co ur t’s o rd er.

W e al so ag ree th at th e di st ric t co ur t la ck ed pe rs on al juri sd ic ti on ov er de fen da nt Sh eri ff Vic Reg al ad o of Tul sa Co un ty, Okl ah om a. The co m pl ai nt di d no t al le ge th at Reg al ad o had an y co nt act s with Ark an sa s th at wou ld su bjec t hi m to th e juri sd ic ti on of th e di st ric t co ur t in th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s. Se e W or ld -W id e Vol ks wa ge n Co rp

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o od so n , 44 4 U.S. 28 6, 29 7 (1 98 0) ; Epp s v. St ewa rt In fo rma ti on Se rv s. Co rp

. , 32 7 F.3 d 64 2, 64 7- 48 (8 th Ci r. 20 03 ); Sa nd er s v. Uni te d St at es , 76 0 F.2 d 86 9, 87 1 (8 th Cir . 19 85 ) (p er cu ria m ).

W e co nc lu de
, ho wev er, th at th e di st ric t co ur t sh ou ld ha ve co ns id ered whe th er th e in te res t of

jus ti ce req ui red it to tra ns fer th e cl ai m ag ai ns t Reg al ad o to th e Nor th ern Dis tri ct of Okl ah om a (wh ere th e co nd uc t oc cu rred ) r a t h e r t h an di sm is s it

. Se e 28 U.S.C. § 16 31

. Bec au se th ere is no in di cat io n th at th e di s t r i c t co ur t co ns id ered whe th er tra ns fer wou ld be in th e in te res t of jus ti ce, we rem an d th is cl ai m so th e di st ric t co ur t m ay do so

. S e e We e k s Co ns t., In c. v. Ogl al a Si ou x Hou s. Aut h.
, 79 7 F.2 d 6 68 , 67 6 (8 th Cir . 19 86 ).

Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm th e di sm is sa ls fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m , bu t rem an d

t h e c l ai m ag ai ns t de fen da nt Reg al ad o fo r th e di st ric t co ur t to co ns id er whe th er th e in te res t of jus ti ce req ui res it to tra ns f e r t h e c l ai m to th e Nor th ern Dis tri ct of Okl ah om a. Jo hn st on ’s m ot io ns for ap po in tm en t o f co un se l ar e d en ie d.

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