IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS DELTA DIVIVSION LEANDER SHEPARD Reg. No. 15079-010 PLAINTIFF v. Case No. 2:20-cv-00110 KGB-JTK DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF PRISON DEFENDANTS ORDER The Court withdraws the reference to United States Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney. Plaintiff Leander Shepard filed this pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition seeking compassionate release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Venue is proper in the Western District of Arkansas; and the interests of justice would best be served by transferring this case there. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(1)— (2); 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). This case is therefore transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division. The transfer is immediate because the receiving Court is in the Eighth Circuit too. Cf In re Nine Mile Limited, 673 F.2d 242 (8th Cir. 1982). It is so ordered this 26th day of January, 2021.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE