SWEARINGEN et al v. LENARD et al

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)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
NEW ALBANY DIVISION
BONNIE SMITH SWEARINGEN, et al.
Plaintiffs,
vs.
ROBERT LENARD, JR., et al.
Defendants.

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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

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