United States of America v. Clower et al

Filing 13

ORDER granting 10 Motion to Change Venue. The Clerk is ordered to transfer this case to the Northern District of Georgia. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 7/9/2018. (pts)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Plaintiff,

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CV 118-036

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V.

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JIM
R.
GLOWER,
SR.
and
WASHINGTON-WILKES FARMS, LLC,

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Defendants.

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ORDER

Before the Court is the parties' joint motion to transfer
venue

to

the

United

States

District

Court

for

the

District of Georgia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

Northern

(Doc. 10.)

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), "'[fJor the convenience of parties and

witnesses, in the interests of justice, a district court may-

transfer any civil action . . . to any district or division to
which all parties have consented."

The parties seek to transfer

because an action concerning the same parties and subject matter
is already proceeding in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Georgia.

the

parties and

the

interests of

Because the convenience of

justice

favor allowing

the

actions to proceed together in the same venue, and because all

parties

have

consented

to

transfer,

the

Court

finds

that

transfer is proper.
motion.
case

to

(Doc. 10.)
the

United

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the parties'
The Court ORDERS the Clerk to TRANSFER this
States

District

Court

for

the

Northern

District of Georgia.

ORDER ENTERED at Augusta, Georgia, this

day of July,

2018.

J.

CHIEF JUDGE

UNITED^ATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTIJERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA