JANE/JOHN DOES 1-144 v. CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. et al

Filing 43

ORDER granting plaintiffs' motion to transfer pursuant to 28 USC Section 1631 38 ; denying plaintiffs' requests for jurisdictional discovery; dismissing defendant Steven Warshaw from this case; severing claims against defendants Fernando A guirre, Robert Kistinger, Robert Olson and William Tsacalis and transferring to USDC for the Southern District of Ohio; and severing claims against defendants Cyrus Freidheim and Charles Keiser and transferring to USDC for Southern District Florida. This case shall be removed from the court docket. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on January 11, 2018. (MA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Plaintiffs,
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CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. )
and DAVID DOES 1-10,
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Defendants.
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JANE / JOHN DOES 1-144,

Civil Action No. 07-1048 (PLF)

ORDER
For the reasons set forth in the Opinion issued this same day, it is hereby
ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion to transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 [Dkt.
No. 38] is GRANTED; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiffs’ requests for jurisdictional discovery are
DENIED; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that defendant Steven Warshaw is DISMISSED from this
case; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the claims against defendants Fernando Aguirre,
Robert Kistinger, Robert Olson, and William Tsacalis shall be severed pursuant to Rule 21 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Ohio pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the claims against defendants Cyrus Freidheim and
Charles Keiser shall be severed pursuant to Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and

TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 1631; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall transfer all papers in this
proceeding, together with a certified copy of this Order, to the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Ohio and to the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall remove this case from
the docket of this Court.
SO ORDERED.

/s/
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge
DATE: January 11, 2018

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