Summary
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York transfers Plaintiff Mx. Joseph “Joybear” Lee’s pro se action to the District of Massachusetts under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The court concludes that the underlying events, defendants, witnesses, and documents are primarily located in Massachusetts and reserves pending procedural matters for the transferee court.
Holdings
- The action should be transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts because the underlying events, defendants, anticipated witnesses, and relevant documents were concentrated in Massachusetts, and Massachusetts was more familiar with the governing law for the state-law claims.
- The District of Massachusetts was a district in which the action might have been brought because a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claims occurred there and the defendants were based there.
Questions Presented
- Whether the action should be transferred from the Southern District of New York to the District of Massachusetts under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
- Whether the District of Massachusetts was a district in which the action might have been brought and was a more convenient forum in the interest of justice.
Disposition
remanded
Cases Cited (4)
- Keitt v. N.Y. City, 882 F. Supp. 2d 412, 459-60 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)(followed)
- N.Y. Marine and Gen. Ins. Co. v. LaFarge No. Am., Inc., 599 F.3d 102, 112 (2d Cir. 2010)(followed)
- D.H. Blair & Co. v. Gottdiener, 462 F.3d 95, 106 (2d Cir. 2006)(followed)
- Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962)(followed)
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