Local Rule 3.4: VENUE IN CIVIL CASES
M.D. Ga. — Civil rule
3.4 VENUE IN CIVIL CASES. Plaintiff may file a civil case in the division in which the plaintiff resides, the defendant resides or the claim arose. The clerk of the court is directed to transfer to the appropriate division any civil case that is filed in a division in which neither the plaintiff or defendant resides nor the claim arose.