Drake v. Jones Lang LaSalle Service Inc.

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 5/25/2018. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 5/7/2018. (jdh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
E. DRAKE,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 18-cv-1054-JPG-SCW

JONES LANG LASALLE SERVICE INC.,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court for case management purposes. The Court notes that
plaintiff Eric Drake resides in Dallas, Texas. The citizenship of defendant Jones Lang LaSalle
Service Inc. is unknown, although it does business in Illinois and has several offices in northern
Illinois. See JLL, Locations, http://www.jll.com/locations (visited May 4, 2018). The events
giving rise to this action occurred exclusively in Dallas, Texas, and the most relevant witnesses
are likely to reside in or around Dallas, Texas. There is no indication that the plaintiff’s
complaints have anything to do with the defendant’s business in Illinois, and there is no
indication that this case has any connection whatsoever to the Southern District of 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 May 25, 2018, why the
Court should not transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The Court RESERVES RULING on the plaintiff’s
motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pending a decision about whether the case should
be transferred.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: May 7, 2018
s/ J. Phil Gilbert
J. PHIL GILBERT
DISTRICT JUDGE