In re Request for International Judicial Assistance from Local Court of Amberg, Germany, MC415-002. (2016)
Court: District Court, S.D. Georgia
Number: infdco20160225a85
Visitors: 20
Filed: Feb. 24, 2016
Latest Update: Feb. 24, 2016
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, Jr. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Transfer. (Doc. 8.) In this motion, the Government notes that upon filing this case, it believed Mr. Robert Williams resided in Savannah, Georgia and venue to be proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782. However, it has now come to light that Mr. Williams resides near Atlanta, Georgia. (Doc. 8.) As a result, the Government now seeks a transfer of this case to the Northern District of Georgia pursuant t
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, Jr. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Transfer. (Doc. 8.) In this motion, the Government notes that upon filing this case, it believed Mr. Robert Williams resided in Savannah, Georgia and venue to be proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782. However, it has now come to light that Mr. Williams resides near Atlanta, Georgia. (Doc. 8.) As a result, the Government now seeks a transfer of this case to the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to..
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ORDER
WILLIAM T. MOORE, Jr., District Judge.
Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Transfer. (Doc. 8.) In this motion, the Government notes that upon filing this case, it believed Mr. Robert Williams resided in Savannah, Georgia and venue to be proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. However, it has now come to light that Mr. Williams resides near Atlanta, Georgia. (Doc. 8.) As a result, the Government now seeks a transfer of this case to the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), which provides that a district court may transfer a civil action to another district for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice. (Id. at 2.) Because a proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 is appropriate only when "the person from whom discovery is sought . . . reside[s] or [is] found in the district of the district court ruling on the application for assistance," venue is not proper in this district. Accordingly, the Government's motion is GRANTED and the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to TRANSFER this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Upon transfer, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case.
SO ORDERED.
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