University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. Brit Systems, Inc.

Filing 36

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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