FARMER v. HAMMOND POLICE ( 2021 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION JEREMIAH S. FARMER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:21-cv-01636-JPH-MPB ) HAMMOND POLICE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER DENYING MOTION On June 7, 2021, Jeremiah Farmer filed a complaint in this District based on events relating to a federal criminal case in the Northern District of Indiana. Dkt. 1. The Court ordered Mr. Farmer to show cause by June 28, 2021, why this case should not be transferred to that District. Dkt. 5. Mr. Farmer failed to respond by the required date, and this case was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on July 7, 2021. Dkt. 7. Mr. Farmer has now filed a motion asking the Court to undo its transfer order, arguing that his suit must be resolved in this District because it concerns the search of his home in Lake Village, Indiana.1 See dkt. 11. But a district court generally "relinquishes all jurisdiction over a case when it is transferred to another district court." Jones v. InfoCure Corp., 310 F.3d 529, 533 (7th Cir. 2002). Because Mr. Farmer's case has already been transferred, 1 Although Mr. Farmer argues that Lake Village is in the Southern District of Indiana, see dkt. 11 at 2, it is in Newton County, Indiana, which is in the Northern District of Indiana. See 28 U.S.C. § 94(a)(3). see Farmer v. Hammond Police, 2:21-cv-220 (N.D. Ind. July 13, 2021), this Court can no longer rule on the merits of his motion. Mr. Farmer's motion, dkt. [11], is therefore DENIED, and Mr. Farmer should direct any further filings to the docket in his pending action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. SO ORDERED. Date: 8/4/2021 Sjamu Patrick ltawloe James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana Distribution: JEREMIAH S. FARMER Inmate Mail/Parcels HAZELTON USP P.O. Box 2000 Bruceton Mills, WV 26525