Mattison v. East Coast Lube, Inc. et al

Filing 13

ORDER Transferring this case to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division. Signed by Magistrate Judge James E. Graham on 12/3/18. (jrb)

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STATESBORO DIVISION
ADAM MATTISON,
Plaintiff,
CV618-104

V.

EAST COAST LUBE,INC., and
LAWRENCE CAMPBELL,
Defendants.

ORDER

Plaintiffs Complaint indicates his intent to pursue this Fair Labor
Standards Act case in the Court's Savannah Division. Doc. latl. Plaintiff

resides in Screven County, Georgia, which is in the Court's Statesboro
Division. See id. at 2; 18 U.S.C. § 90(c)(6). Apparently based on that
connection, the Clerk assigned this case to the Statesboro Division. The

Court's Local Rules require actions to proceed in the division where any
defendant resides or where the acts or omissions giving rise to the claim
occurred. See S.D. Ga. L. Civ. R. 2.1. Defendants admit that this Court

has jurisdiction and that venue is proper. See doc. 10 at 2. They also
indicate their belief that this case is proceeding in the Savannah Division.

See id. at 1. Given the pai'ties' apparent agi'eement that Savannah is the