IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS LUFKIN DIVISION LESFORD MARK REID § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:23cv13 BRYAN K. DOBBS, ET AL. § MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING VENUE Plaintiff Lesford Mark Reid, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Beaumont, Texas, filed this lawsuit pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics,

(1971), against numerous defendants. Venue in a lawsuit filed pursuant to Bivens is governed by

(b). Stafford v. Briggs,

(1980). Section 1391(b) states venue is proper in any judicial district where a defendant resides, if all defendants are residents of the state in which the district is located, or in a district in which a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claims being asserted occurred. Plaintiff’s claims involve events which occurred in Jefferson County, Texas. In addition, all of the defendants appear to reside in Jefferson County. Jefferson County is located in the Eastern County of Texas. However, it is in the Beaumont Division rather than the Lufkin Division. As a result, while venue with respect to this case is proper in the Eastern District, it is not proper in the Lufkin Division. When a case or claim is filed in the wrong district or division, the court “shall dismiss, or if it be in the interests of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought.”

(a). The court is of the opinion it would be the interests of justice to transfer this case to the Lufkin Division. ORDER It is accordingly ORDERED that this case is TRANSFERRED to the Beaumont Division of this court.

SIGNED this 24th day of January, 2023.

Zack wthorn United States Magistrate Judge