Jones, Et Al v. Halliburton Company et al

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RESPONSE in Opposition re 21 MOTION to Change Venue filed by Joseph Daigle, Jamie Leigh Jones. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order # 2 Exhibit A# 3Exhibit B# 4 Exhibit C# 5 Exhibit D)(Kelly, Lannie) Modified on 6/20/2007 (bjc, ).

Jones, Et Al v. Halliburton Company et al

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Case 1:07-cv-00295-TH

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (B E A U M O N T DIVISION) J A M IE LEIGH JONES and JOSEPH D A IG L E P la in t if f s , § § § § v s. § C IV IL ACTION NO. 1:07CV0295 § H A L L IB U R T O N COMPANY d/b/a § K B R KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT § (KBR); KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT§ S E R V IC E S , INC.; KELLOGG § B R O W N & ROOT INTERNATIONAL,§ IN C .; KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, § LLC; KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, § INC.; KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, § S . de R.L.; KELLOGG BROWN & § R O O T (KBR), INC.; KBR § T E C H N I C A L SERVICES, INC.; § O V E R S E A S ADMINISTRATIVE § S E R V IC E S , LTD.; ERIC ILER, § C H A R L E S BOARTZ; SEVERAL § J O H N DOE RAPISTS, and THE § U N IT E D STATES OF AMERICA § D efen d a n ts. § J U R Y TRIAL DEMANDED
ORDER THIS DAY CAME THE PARTIES, by Counsel, on Defendants' KBR, Halliburton, and OAS's Motion to Transfer Venue Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404. This Court, having considered the Motions filed by the parties, the evidence of record, and the arguments of Counsel is of the opinion that the Defendants' KBR, Halliburton, and OAS's Motion to Transfer Venue Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404 is without merit, and should be denied. It is, therefore,

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ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendants' KBR, Halliburton, and OAS's Motion to Transfer Venue Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404 is, in all things, DENIED. It is further, ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendants' KBR, Halliburton, and OAS's Motion to Transfer Venue Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404 is frivolous, and that the Plaintiff's Motion for Sanctions to include all itemized costs attendant to the hearing in this matter, and attorney's fees at the rate of $300 per hour (to be itemized by Plaintiff's Counsel) is therefore, in all things, GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. ____________________________ JUDGE, DISTRICT COURT