Ossello et al v. Swift Rock Financial, Inc. et al

Filing 32

ORDER transferring case to the Butte Division. The matter has been given a new case number of CV-17-31-BU-DLC-JCL. All further filing in this matter must be done under this new case number. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the preliminary pretrial conference and oral argument will take place as scheduled in Missoula at 9:30 a.m. on June 15, 2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch on 6/6/2017. (ASG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION
SUSAN M. OSSELLO, ROBERT G.
DRUMMOND, Chapter 13 Trustee,
JESSE and HEATHER DIBBLEE, TODD
and BARBARA FISHER, MARY ALICE
HILDEBRAND, and CYNTHIA
VITCOVICH,

CV 17-38-M-DLC-JCL

ORDER

Plaintiffs,
vs.
SWIFT ROCK FINANCIAL, INC., d/b/a
World Law Debt; ORION PROCESSING,
LLC, d/b/a World Law Processing;
WORLD LAW DEBT SERVICES, LLC;
WORLD LAW PROCESSING, LLC;
GLOBAL CLIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC;
GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC; BRADLEY
HASKINS; ROBERT MERRICK; and
MICHAEL HENDRIX,
Defendants.
On March 24, 2017, Defendant Global Client Solutions, LLC, Global
Holdings, LLC, Robert Merrick, and Michael Hendrix (collectively "Bank
Defendants") removed this case from the Second Judicial District Court, Silver
Bow County, Montana, to the Missoula Division of the United States District
Court for the District of Montana. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(a), a defendant

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seeking to remove a case to federal court shall file the notice of removal "in the
district court of the United States for the district and division within which such
action is pending .... " Because this action was pending in the Second Judicial
District Court, Silver Bow County, Montana, the Bank Defendants should have
filed their notice of removal in the Butte Division of this Court.

Because this

case should be venued in the Butte Division,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is TRANSFERRED to the Butte
Division. The matter has been given a new case number of CV-17-31-BU-DLCJCL. All further filing in this matter must be done under this new case number.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the preliminary pretrial conference and
oral argument will take place as scheduled in Missoula at 9:30 a.m. on June 15,
2017. All other provisions of the March 27, 2017, preliminary pretrial conference
order shall remain in effect.
DATED this 61h day of June, 20

iah C. Lynch
1ted States Magistrate Judge

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