Opinion
No. 3:20-CV-481-RLJ-HBG
01-15-2021
ANTHONY HICKEY, Plaintiff, v. CLINICAL SOLUTIONS, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff, a prisoner of the Tennessee Department of Correction incarcerated in the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center ("TTCC"), has filed a pro se complaint alleging violations of U.S.C. § 1983 [Doc. 1] and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. 4].
Plaintiff has sued Clinical Solutions, which appears to be the entity responsible for providing medical and dental care at TTCC, and his complaint alleges denials of such care to Plaintiff during his confinement in TTCC [Doc. 1 p. 1-7]. The general venue statute for federal district courts provides in relevant part as follows:
A civil action may be brought in—28 U.S.C.A. § 1391(b)(1)-(3). A federal district court may transfer a civil action to any district or division where it could have been filed originally "in the interest of justice." 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
(1) a judicial district in which any defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the State in which the district is located;
(2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated; or
(3) if there is no district in which an action may otherwise be brought as provided in this section, any judicial district in which any defendant is subject to the court's personal jurisdiction with respect to such action.
As set forth above, Plaintiff's complaint sets forth claims that arose during his incarceration in the TTCC, which is in Trousdale County, Tennessee, which lies within the Nashville Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. 28 U.S.C. § 123(b)(2); https://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/divisions-court. The Court therefore concludes that the proper venue for this case is the Nashville Division of the Middle District of Tennessee. See O'Neill v. Battisti, 472 F.2d 789, 791 (6th Cir. 1972) (finding that venue in a suit against a public official lies in the district where he performs his official duties).
Accordingly, the Clerk will be DIRECTED to transfer this action to the Nashville Division of the Middle District of Tennessee and to close this Court's file.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER:
s/ Leon Jordan
United States District Judge