Hillestad v. LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. et al

Filing 32

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS. re: Dkt 31 Memorandum and Recommendations, Dkt 22 MOTION to Transfer Case to Houston Division is DENIED(Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified.(ltrevino, 3)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
STEVEN HILLESTAD
Plaintiff.
VS.
LLOG EXPLORATION
COMPANY, LLC, ET AL.
Defendants.

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October 11, 2018
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:17–CV–00341

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On August 22, 2018, Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue for Forum Non
Conveniens (“Motion to Transfer Venue”) was referred to United States Magistrate
Judge Andrew M. Edison. On September 20, 2018, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum
and Recommendation (Dkt. 31) recommending that that the Motion to Transfer Venue
be denied.
No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation.
Accordingly, the Court reviews the Memorandum and Recommendation for plain error
on the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also, FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).
Based on the pleadings, the record, and the applicable law, the Court finds that
there is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

(1)

Judge Edison’s Memorandum and Recommendation is APPROVED
AND ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court; and

(2)

Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue (Dkt. 22) is DENIED.

It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED at Galveston, Texas, this 11th day of October, 2018.
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__George C. Hanks Jr.
United States District Judge

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