Szczepanik v. C. R. Bard, Inc. et al

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. ( Show Cause Response due by 1/17/2014.)Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 1/3/2013. (jdh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
LORRAINE SZCZEPANIK,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 13-cv-1350-JPG-SCW

C. R. BARD, INC., et al.,

Defendants.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court for case management purposes. The Court notes that
plaintiff Lorraine Szczepanik is a citizen and resident of Oklahoma. None of the defendants are
citizens of Illinois, and there is no allegation as to the place of the surgery in which the allegedly
defective product was used. There is no indication that this case has any connection to the Southern
District of Illinois other than the fact that the defendants do business in Illinois, and there is no
indication that the plaintiff’s alleged injuries had anything to do with the defendants’ doing business in
Illinois. This leads the Court to doubt whether this case belongs in the Southern District of Illinois.
For this reason, the Court ORDERS the plaintiff to SHOW CAUSE on or before January 17, 2014,
why the Court should not transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District
of Oklahoma pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The defendants shall have seven days from the
plaintiff’s response to file a reply.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 3, 2014
s/J. Phil Gilbert
J. PHIL GILBERT
DISTRICT JUDGE