BROCK et al v. MARINA ASSOCIATES, INC. et al

Filing 23

ORDER THAT THE MOTION IS GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. THE PART OF THE MOTION THAT SEEKS DISMISSAL IS DENIED AND THE PART OF THE MOTION THAT SEEKS TRANSFER OF THE CASE TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY IS GRANTED. THE CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAN E. DUBOIS ON 3/6/2013. 3/6/2013 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(jmf, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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DEVON BROCK and MARY BROCK,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HARRAH’S ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO,
LLC, and HARRAH’S ATLANTIC CITY
OPERATING COMPANY, LLC,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION

NO. 12-5055

ORDER
AND NOW, this 6th day of March, 2013, upon consideration of Motion of Defendants,
Harrah’s Atlantic City Propco. LLC and Harrah’s Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC to
Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint or, in the Alternative, to Transfer to the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey (“the Motion”) (Document No. 18, filed December 27,
2012), Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint or in the
Alternative to Transfer to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
(Document No. 19, filed January 10, 2013), Defendants’ Sur Reply [sic] to Plaintiffs’ Response
to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and/or Transfer (Document No. 20, filed January 16, 2013),
and Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Reply to Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Motion to
Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint or in the Alternative to Transfer to the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey (Document No. 21, filed January 18, 2013), following a telephone
conference with the parties, through counsel, on March 4, 2013, for the reasons set forth in the
Memorandum dated March 6, 2013, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1.

The Motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows:

a. That part of the Motion that seeks dismissal is DENIED; and
b. That part of the Motion that seeks transfer of the case to the United States
District Court for the District of New Jersey is GRANTED.
2.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, the action shall be TRANSFERRED to the United

States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage;
3.

The Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania SHALL SEND the complete file to the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage; and
4.

The Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania shall MARK this case CLOSED.

BY THE COURT:
/s/ Hon. Jan E. DuBois
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JAN E. DuBOIS, J.

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