Goodlick v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 27

ORDER Transferring Case to San Jose Division. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 07/13/10. (cwlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/13/2010)

Goodlick v. Apple, Inc.

Doc. 27

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 All civil actions shall be assigned to the "Courthouse serving the county in which the action arises." Civil L.R. 3.2(c). "A v. APPLE INC, et al., Defendants. / IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MICHAEL J GOODLICK, et al., Plaintiff, No. 10-02862 CW ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO SAN JOSE DIVISION

civil action arises in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omissions which give rise to the claim occurred or in which a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated." Id. Civil Local Rule 3-5(b) requires

Plaintiffs to include a paragraph entitled "Intradistrict Assignment" in their complaint, which must identify the basis for assignment to a particular division pursuant to Civil Local Rule 32(c). Here, Plaintiffs failed to include such a paragraph in their

First Amended Complaint and they did not allege any connection between this action and the Oakland/San Francisco Division of the Northern District of California. It appears that the relevant acts

and omissions alleged by Plaintiff occurred within the San Jose

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Division.

Accordingly, the Court orders the case transferred to

the San Jose Division.1 IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 07/13/10

CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Judge

From the face of the First Amended Complaint, this is not an intellectual property action and should not be assigned on a district-wide basis. 2

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