Lagrou v. Monterey Financial Services, LLC

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MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Henry E. Hudson on 10/09/2018. (walk, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Richmond Division

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OCT - 9 2018

CHRISTINA LAGROU,

CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Plaintiff,

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MONTEREY FINANCIAL

SERVICES,LLC,d/b/a MONTEREY
COLLECTIONS,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

(Granting Plaintiffs Motion to Withdraw Reference and Transfer Venue)
This matter is before the Court on the Amended Motion to(1) Withdraw

Reference ofPlaintiffs Amended Class Action Complaint from the Bankruptcy Court
and(2)Transfer Venue to the Eastern District of Washington("Motion to Withdraw

Reference and Transfer Venue" or the "Motion"). (ECF No. 1.)' For reasons that follow,
this Court will grant Plaintiffs Motion.
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BACKGROUND

Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.("HDL" or the "Company") based in

Richmond, Virginia, was a provider ofspecialized laboratory services to physicians and
other health care providers throughout the United States. In October 2014, Christina
Lagrou ("Plaintiff), a resident of Washington state, received laboratory services from
'The Court recognizes that ECF No. 1 is the Bankruptcy Court's "Transmittai of Withdrawal of
Reference to the U.S. District Court." Plaintiffs actual Motion to Withdraw Reference and Transfer

Venue can be found in the Defendant's Supplemental Designation of the Record at pages 3 and 4. (Def.
Supp. Designation of R. 3-4.) However, for the sake internal consistency, the Court will consider ECF
No. 1 as containing the motion that is before the Court.
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just and appropriate to transfer venue to the District Court for the Eastern District
of Washi ngton. An appropriate Order will accompany this Memorandum
Opinion.

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Henry E. Hudson
Senior United States District Judge

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Date:
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Richmond, Virginia

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