SD Fertilizer, LLC v. Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Inc

Filing 9

ORDER granting 8 Motion to Transfer Case and Filing Fee. This case is transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. Signed by Judge Paul A Zoss on 12/06/06. (Clerk transferred certified copy of file USDC of Nebraska.) (ak, ) (Copy of pleading and NEF to non ECF party.)

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SD Fertilizer, LLC v. Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Inc Doc. 9 Case 3:06-cv-03077-MWB Document 9 Filed 12/06/2006 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CENTRAL DIVISION SD FERTILIZER, LLC, dba CONSUMER SERVICE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. vs. MID-SOUTH AG-SOUTHEAST AG EQUIPMENT, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants. ____________________ This case was commenced originally in the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska. On November 20, 2006, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Inc. ("FES") removed the case to this court. FES now asks that the case be transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. It is obvious that this case was removed to this court in error. "[A]ny civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the Unite States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is No. C06-3077-MWB ORDER Dockets.Justia.com Case 3:06-cv-03077-MWB Document 9 Filed 12/06/2006 Page 2 of 2 pending." 28 U.S.C.§ 1441(a). Thus, the case should have been removed to the Nebraska federal court instead of to this district. If a case in federal court is filed in the wrong district, the court may dismiss the case, or "if it be in the interests of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought." 28 U.S.C.§ 1406(a). Here, the interests of justice require that the case be transferred to Nebraska rather than be dismissed. For these reasons, the motion (Doc, No. 8) is granted, and this case is transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 6th day of December, 2006. PAUL A. ZOSS MAGISTRATE JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2

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