Design Basics, LLC v. Citation Homes, Inc. et al
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OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING 18 MOTION to Change Venue by Defendants Citation Homes, Inc., Citation Partners, L.L.C. Clerk DIRECTED to transfer this action from the Fort Wayne Division to the Lafayette Division. Judge Theresa L Springmann and Magistrate Judge Susan L Collins will REMAIN assigned to the case. Signed by Magistrate Judge Susan L Collins on 10/21/16. (cer)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
FORT WAYNE DIVISION
DESIGN BASICS, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITATION HOMES, INC., and
CITATION PARTNERS, L.L.C.,
doing business as Citation Partners,
Defendants.
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No. 1:16-cv-00232-TLS-SLC
OPINION AND ORDER
Before the Court is a motion for change of venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) filed by
Defendants Citation Homes, Inc., and Citation Partners, L.L.C., doing business as Citation
Partners. (DE 18). In the motion, Defendants request that the Court transfer this action to the
Lafayette Division of this District for all further pre-trial and trial proceedings. As grounds for
the transfer, Defendants assert that the Lafayette Division includes Tippecanoe County, which is
the county in which Defendants employ a registered agent and is also the county in which
Defendants have their principal place of business. (DE 18 ¶¶ 3, 5). Defendants state that the
Lafayette Division would be more convenient to the parties because the majority of the witnesses
and evidence in the case are located in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. (DE 18 ¶ 7).
Plaintiff Design Basics, LLC, has filed a response indicating that it has no objection to the
venue transfer to the Lafayette Division. (DE 21). Plaintiff does request that the case remain
assigned to the same judges for efficiency reasons.
“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court
may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or
to any district or division to which all parties have consented.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Because
the parties have no dispute regarding venue being transferred to the Lafayette Division,
Defendants’ motion for change of venue (DE 18) is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to
transfer this action from the Fort Wayne Division to the Lafayette Division. Judge Springmann
and Magistrate Judge Collins will remain assigned to the case.
SO ORDERED.
Entered this 21st day of October 2016.
/s/ Susan Collins
Susan Collins,
United States Magistrate Judge
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