Riley v. Trident Seafoods Corporation

Filing 17

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 16 Report and Recommendation. (Written Opinion). Defendants Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or, in the Alternative, Transfer Venue to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washi ngton 4 is GRANTED IN PART, as to transfer of venue, and DENIED IN PART, as to dismissal; This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; and3The Clerk of Court is directed to effect the transfer.Signed by Chief Judge Michael J. Davis on 1/26/12. (KMW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
David L. Riley,
Plaintiff,

Civil No. 11-2500 (MJD/AJB)

v.

ORDER

Trident Seafoods Corporation,
Defendant.
Stephen S. Eckman, Eckman, Strandness & Egan, P.A., P.O. Box 597, Wayzata, MN 55391 for
Plaintiff David L. Riley.
Paul C. Peterson, Erick J. Steinhoff, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, 150 South Fifth Street,
Suite 1700, Minneapolis, MN 55402 and Larry E. Altenbrun, Nicoll, Black & Fieg, PLLC, 1325
Fourth Avenue, Suite 1650, Seattle, WA 98101 for Defendant Trident Seafoods Corporation.
Based upon the Report and Recommendation [Doc. #16] by United States Chief
Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan dated January 9, 2012, with all the files and records, and no
objections having been filed to said Recommendation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1.

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or, in the Alternative,

Transfer Venue to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington [Docket No. 4]
is GRANTED IN PART, as to transfer of venue, and DENIED IN PART, as to dismissal;
2.

This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Western

District of Washington; and
3.

The Clerk of Court is directed to effect the transfer.

Dated: January 26, 2012

s/Michael J. Davis
Michael J. Davis
Chief Judge
United States District Court