IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

DANNY MERTSOCK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil No. 20-313E ) v. ) Judge Cathy Bissoon ) SHINGLEHOUSE BOROUGH POLICE, ) ) Defendant. )

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

Plaintiff has filed a Motion (Doc. 1) for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and has attached a proposed Complaint. See Doc. 1-1. Plaintiff’s address of record is in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, which is in Potter County. Defendant, the Shinglehouse Borough Police, also is located in Potter County. Potter County falls within Middle District of Pennsylvania. See webpage at: https://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/sites/pamd/files/COUNTIES.jpg. This District has no connection to the case, and venue here is improper. See

(b). The case properly should, and will, be transferred to the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Smith v. Bruns,

, *5 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 22, 2019). Consistent with the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall TRANSFER this case, FORTHWITH, to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. IT IS ORDERED.

October 29, 2020 s\Cathy Bissoon Cathy Bissoon United States District Judge cc (via First Class U.S. Mail):

Danny Mertsock P.O. Box 235 622 East Academy Shinglehouse, PA 16748