IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA Alexandria Division

RANDALL TODD ROYER

Plaintiff,

v. l:10-cv-0146 (LMB/IDD)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS L Defendant. NOV I 9 2010

MEMORANDUM OPINION CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Before the Court is the defendant's Motion to Dismiss or for

Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 23]. For the reasons discussed below,

the Court finds that venue is improper in the Eastern District of

Virginia. Accordingly, the Court will not address the Motion to

Dismiss but will transfer this civil action to the United States

District Court for the District of Columbia.

I. Background

This is a civil action against the Federal Bureau of Prisons

("BOP"), an agency of the United States Department of Justice, located in the District of Columbia. The pro se plaintiff, Randall Todd Royer, also known as Ismail Royer, is a federal inmate in the

custody of the BOP. On January 16, 2004, Royer pled guilty before this Court to one count of aiding and abetting the use and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act), in violation of

(c)(2) & 3238, and one count of aiding and abetting the carrying of an explosive during the commission of a