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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

ANTONIO A GARCIA,

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 CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:23-CV-00305

UNKNOWN DEFENDANT, et al.,

 Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER OF TRANSFER

Plaintiff Antonio A. Garcia, appearing pro se, has filed this prisoner civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is a prisoner in the Texas Department of 

Criminal Justice, Criminal Institutions Division (TDCJ) and is currently housed at the 

Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Texas. Plaintiff complains in this action about certain 

TDCJ policies impacting his ability to receive mail and pictures in his tablet provided at

the Coffield Unit. (D.E. 1, p. 1; D.E. 1-1, p. 4). In his amended complaint, Plaintiff names 

as defendants the Coffield Unit’s mail department, the Coffield Unit’s grievance 

department, and the TDCJ Administration. (D.E. 5, p. 3).

 A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship 

may be brought in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside 

in the same state, or (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or 

omissions giving rise to the claim occurred. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In addition, for the 

convenience of parties and witnesses, and in the interest of justice, a district court may 

United States District Court

Southern District of Texas

ENTERED

December 13, 2023

Nathan Ochsner, Clerk

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transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. 

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). 

A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship 

may be brought in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside 

in the same state, or (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or 

omissions giving rise to the claim occurred. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). In addition, for the 

convenience of parties and witnesses, and in the interest of justice, a district court may 

transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. 

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). 

All of the events forming the basis of Plaintiff’s complaint occurred at the Coffield 

Unit, which is located in Anderson County, Texas. Plaintiff primarily seeks to hold 

Coffield Unit officials responsible for the alleged unconstitutional policies impacting him. 

None of the named defendants reside in the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District 

of Texas. Overall, there is no nexus to the Corpus Christi Division. Because the Coffield 

Unit is located within the Tyler Division of the Eastern District of Texas, the interests of 

justice would be served by a transfer to that court.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that this case including, all pleadings and motions 

filed therein, be transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

Texas, Tyler Division. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case in this division.

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ORDERED on December 12, 2023.

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Julie K. Hampton

United States Magistrate Judge

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