Lynch v. Transit Management of Charlotte

Filing 12

ORDER denying 7 Motion to Dismiss and granting 11 Motion to Change Venue. Signed by District Judge Terrence W. Boyle on 2/14/2017. Certified copy sent via US Mail to Carolyn D. Lynch at 1319 Syke Lane, Cary, NC 27518. (Stouch, L.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:16-CV-883-BO
CAROLYN LYNCH,
Plaintiff,

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TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF
CHARLOTTE d/b/a MCDONALD
TRANSIT,
Defendant.

ORDER

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This cause comes before the Court on defendant's motion to dismiss for improper venue
pursuant to Rule 12(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and plaintiffs motion to
transfer venue to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406. [DE 7 & 11]. Defendant has not responded to the motion to
transfer, and both motions are ripe for ruling.
Because defendant is located in Charlotte and a substantial part of the events or omissions
giving rise to plaintiffs claims appear to have transpired in Charlotte, the Court finds that the
Western District is the proper venue for this action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391. "The district court of
a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if
it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have
been brought." 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The Court finds that in the interests of justice transfer of
this action is warranted.

CONCLUSION
Accordingly, defendant's motion to dismiss is DENIED and plaintiffs motion to transfer
is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to transfer this action to the United States
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

SO ORDERED, this

lf day of February, 2017.

TERRENCE W. BOYLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT J

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