Swearingen, et al v. Lenard

Filing 20

CLOSED TRANSFER to Southern District of Illinois/ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AND MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE - 18 Report and Recommendations re 8 Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction and 15 Motion to Change Venue is APPROVED and ADOPTED. The parties' requests to transfer venue are therefore GRANTED as provided in the Report and Recommendation and this Order. This case is TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of Illinois at Benton pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Signed by Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on 6/14/2017 (copy mailed to plaintiffs).(LBT) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 6/15/2017.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA NEW ALBANY DIVISION BONNIE SMITH SWEARINGEN, et al. Plaintiffs, vs. ROBERT LENARD, JR., et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 4:17-cv-00058-TWP-DML ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AND MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE On May 24, 2017, the Magistrate Judge submitted and filed her Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 18) on the defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. 8) and the plaintiffs’ motion to change venue (Dkt. 15). The parties were afforded the opportunity according to statute and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to file objections to that Report and Recommendation. No party has filed an objection. The Court, having considered the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 18) and being duly advised, now APPROVES and ADOPTS it. The parties’ requests to transfer venue are therefore GRANTED as provided in the Report and Recommendation and this Order. This case is TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of Illinois at Benton pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 6/14/2017 Distribution: All ECF-registered counsel of record via email generated by the court’s ECF system 2

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