Brown v. Johnson & Johnson et al

Filing 32

ORDER GRANTING SIPULATED MOTION FOR TRANSFER OF ACTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 1404(a) - granting 31 Motion to Change Venue. Case transferred to District of Colorado. Signed by Chief Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson. (CC, Case Administrator)

1
2
3
4
5

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

6
7

CHRISTINE S. BROWN,
NO: 2:14-CV-301-RMP
Plaintiff,

8
v.
9

11

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JANSSEN
PHARMACEUTICA, INC.; and
JANSSEN RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT, LLC,

12

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED
MOTION FOR TRANSFER OF
ACTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §
1404(a)

Defendants.

10

13
14

BEFORE THE COURT is the parties’ Stipulated Motion for Transfer of

15

Action Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). ECF No. 31. The Court has reviewed the

16

motion, all relevant filings, and is fully informed.

17

The parties jointly request the Court to transfer this case to the United States

18

District Court for the District of Colorado, Denver Division. ECF No. 31. The

19

parties represent that the plaintiff, Christine S. Brown, who is appearing pro se,

20

resides in the District of Colorado. ECF No. 31. The parties further represent that

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION FOR TRANSFER ~ 1

1

certain events from which the case arises occurred in the District of Colorado, and

2

that the action could have been brought in that district. ECF No. 31.

3

Section 1404(a) of Title 28 of the United States Code provides that, “[f]or

4

the convenience of parties and witnesses, and in the interest of justice, a district

5

court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might

6

have been brought or to any district or division to which all parties have

7

consented.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Therefore, because all parties have consented

8

and because the District of Colorado will be a more convenient forum for the

9

parties and witnesses, the Court finds that the interests of justice are best served by

10

transferring this case to the District of Colorado.

11

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

12

1. Stipulated Motion for Transfer of Action Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

13
14
15
16
17
18

1404(a), ECF No. 31, is GRANTED.
2. This case is hereby transferred to the United States District Court of the
District of Colorado, Denver Division.
The District Court Clerk is directed to enter this Order, facilitate transfer of
this case, and provide copies to counsel, and close this case.
DATED this 25th day of November 2014.

19
20

s/ Rosanna Malouf Peterson
ROSANNA MALOUF PETERSON
Chief United States District Court Judge

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION FOR TRANSFER ~ 2