Opinion
Civil No. 11-2500 (MJD/AJB)
01-26-2012
David L. Riley, Plaintiff, v. Trident Seafoods Corporation, Defendant.
Stephen S. Eckman, Eckman, Strandness & Egan, P.A., P.O. Box 597, Wayzata, MN 55391 for Plaintiff David L. Riley. Paul C. Peterson, Erick J. Steinhoff, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 1700, Minneapolis, MN 55402 and Larry E. Altenbrun, Nicoll, Black & Fieg, PLLC, 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1650, Seattle, WA 98101 for Defendant Trident Seafoods Corporation.
ORDER
Stephen S. Eckman, Eckman, Strandness & Egan, P.A., P.O. Box 597, Wayzata, MN 55391 for
Plaintiff David L. Riley.
Paul C. Peterson, Erick J. Steinhoff, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, 150 South Fifth Street,
Suite 1700, Minneapolis, MN 55402 and Larry E. Altenbrun, Nicoll, Black & Fieg, PLLC, 1325
Fourth Avenue, Suite 1650, Seattle, WA 98101 for Defendant Trident Seafoods Corporation.
Based upon the Report and Recommendation [Doc. #16] by United States Chief Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan dated January 9, 2012, with all the files and records, and no objections having been filed to said Recommendation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or, in the Alternative, Transfer Venue to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington [Docket No. 4] is GRANTED IN PART, as to transfer of venue, and DENIED IN PART, as to dismissal;
2. This action is transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; and
3. The Clerk of Court is directed to effect the transfer.
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Michael J. Davis
Chief Judge
United States District Court