Payton v. SAGINAW COUNTY JAIL

ORDER VACATING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Ernest Payton, while residing in the Saginaw County jail, filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the conditions of his confinement as violating his rights under the Constitution. Payton filed his lawsuit in the Southern Division of this Court, despite his apparent residence in Saginaw County, which is in the Northern Division. The defendant also is located in the Northern Division of this Court.

The Court entered an order referring all pretrial matters to Magistrate…