AKERBERG v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filing 10

ORDER granting 7 Motion to Change Venue and Motion for Extension of time. Signed by Senior Judge W. Earl Britt on 8/24/2016. (Marsh, K) [Transferred from North Carolina Eastern on 8/25/2016.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:16-CV-00464-BR

JASON AKERBERG,

Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

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ORDER

ON THIS DAY came the parties, through counsel, on the Joint Motion to Transfer
Venue, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1404(a) to the United States District Court for the Middle District
of North Carolina, and to Extend the Responsive Pleading Deadline in the Middle District of
North Carolina, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(b).
AND it appearing that the proper venue for this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1402(b) is
the Middle District of this Court, as the acts and omissions alleged in the Complaint occurred at
the Durham VA Medical Center.
And it further appearing that the parties, by counsel, have conferred and agreed that the
defendant’s time for filing an answer or other responsive pleading to the Complaint in the
Middle District of North Carolina shall be extended for an additional sixty (60) days from the
date of the filing of this order.
It is hereby ORDERED that this matter be transferred from the docket of this Court to
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and that the defendant
shall have an additional sixty (60) from the date of filing of this order in which to file responsive

pleadings to the Complaint in the Middle District of North Carolina.
This 24 August 2016.

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W. Earl Britt
Senior U.S. District Judge

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