University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. Brit Systems, Inc.
Filing
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ORDER: Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Transfer Case (Doc. # 34 ) is GRANTED. This case is hereby reassigned to the Honorable Mary S. Scriven, United States District Judge, with her consent, to conduct all further proceedings. The Joint M otion for Continuance of Case Management Hearing (Doc. # 35 ) is granted to the extent that the Case Management Hearing scheduled before Judge Covington on February 15, 2017, is hereby cancelled. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 2/14/2017. (KAK)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No.
8:16-cv-3109-T-33AAS
BRIT SYSTEMS, INC.,
Defendant.
________________________/
ORDER
This
University
cause
of
is
before
South
the
Florida
Court
pursuant
Research
to
Plaintiff
Foundation,
Inc.’s
Unopposed Motion to Transfer (Doc. # 34) and the parties’ Joint
Motion for Continuance of Case Management Hearing (Doc. # 35),
both filed on February 14, 2017.
The Court grants the Motions.
In the Unopposed Motion to Transfer, Plaintiff requests an
Order
transferring
this
action
to
Judge
Scriven,
who
is
currently presiding over a previously-filed, related action:
University
of
South
Florida
Research
Foundation,
Inc.
v.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., Case No. 8:16-cv-1194MSS-TGW.
Upon
consideration
of
Local
Rule
1.04(b),
M.D.
Fla.,
concerning “transfer of related cases before two or more judges”
and Local Rule 1.03(d), M.D. Fla., which states, “The judge to
whom any case is assigned may, at any time, reassign the case to
any other consenting judge for any limited purpose or for all
further purposes,” this matter is hereby transferred, with her
consent,
to
the
District
Judge.
Honorable
Because
Mary
Scriven,
Court
the
S.
grants
United
the
States
Motion
to
Transfer, the Case Management Hearing scheduled for February 15,
2017, with Judge Covington is cancelled.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)
Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Transfer Case (Doc. # 34)
is GRANTED.
(2)
This case is hereby reassigned to the Honorable Mary S.
Scriven, United States District Judge, with her consent, to
conduct all further proceedings.
(3)
The Joint Motion for Continuance of Case Management Hearing
(Doc.
#
35)
is
granted
to
the
extent
that
the
Case
Management Hearing scheduled before Judge Covington on
February 15, 2017, is hereby cancelled.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this 14th
day of February, 2017.
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