Legal Opinion
Barton v. Young
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided April 10, 2001No. 900CV259PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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
Louis J. Carlat was murdered on December 22, 1974, at his home in Tyler, Texas. The murder is unsolved. Approximately 24 years after the date of Carlat’s murder, Plaintiff Kenneth Barton…
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