BARTON v. YOUNG

No. 900CV259.

144 F.Supp.2d 685 (2001)

Kenneth Brent BARTON v. Bill YOUNG, Former City of Tyler Police Chief; Ken Findley, Former Assistant City of Tyler Police Chief; Greg Grigg, Captain, City of Tyler Police Officer; Clayton Perrett Detective, City of Tyler Police Office, and the City of Tyler

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.

April 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Michael Negem, Negem Bickham & Clark, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff.

Kevin Edward Oliver, Cooper & Scully, Dallas, TX, for Defendant Young.

D. Randall Montgomery, Steven Thomas Ramos, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Findley, Grigg, Perrett o& Brown.

Robert Scott Davis, Flowers Davis, Tyler, TX, Louis Charles Edmond Van Cleef, Flowers Davis & Van Cleef, Texarkana, TX, for Defendant City of Tyler.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants falsely arrested and imprisoned him for capital murder. Defendants filed a motion to transfer venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Because the Court finds that this action has no connection with the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas, Defendants' motion is granted.

I. Background

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