JOSEPH v. AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Filing 21

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 16 Report and Recommendations, 8 Motion to Transfer Case, filed by AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ***CIVIL CASE TERMINATED. Signed by Judge Katharine S. Hayden on 11/14/2018. (dam, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

MISBAH JOY JOSEPH,
Civil No.: 18-cv-3839 (KSH) (CLW)
Plaintiff,
v.
AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

ORDER

Defendant.

THIS MATTER having come before the Court upon a report and recommendation filed by
Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor (D.E. 16), recommending that the Court grant the motion (D.E. 8) of
defendant AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA”) to transfer the venue of this case to the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; and the Court having reviewed Judge
Waldor’s report and recommendation in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 and L. Civ. R. 72.1; and
neither party having objected to Judge Waldor’s report and recommendation; and for the reasons set forth
in Judge Waldor’s report and recommendation and the opinion filed herewith; and good cause having
been shown,
IT IS on this 14th day of November 2018,
ORDERED that Judge Waldor’s report and recommendation (D.E. 16) is accepted in whole; and
it is further
ORDERED that AXA’s motion (D.E. 8) is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall transfer this action to the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York.

/s/ Katharine S. Hayden
Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J.