6 results for 'cat:"Civil Rights" AND cat:"Venue"'.
J. Corker partially grants the dismissal motions filed in this lawsuit alleging that the pro se plaintiff is the target of "an ongoing conspiracy between defendants" to defame and extort him. The plaintiff, a content publisher who "claims to reside in Minnesota," fails to establish that venue is proper in the Eastern District of Tennessee. The court notes that dismissal is without prejudice.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Tennessee , Judge: Corker, Filed On: August 25, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv11, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, civil Rights, venue
J. Rodriguez declines a motion to transfer to D.C. federal court this case concerning the alleged kidnapping of a Rwandan activist and the role that a private jet company allegedly played in that kidnapping scheme. The activist has not met his burden to show why D.C. federal court would be clearly more convenient, and in fact the activist asserts “Texas common law tort claims” that give this court a greater interest in this case.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Rodriguez, Filed On: July 28, 2023, Case #: 5:20cv1422, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Tort, venue
J. Kugler transfers claims a customer brought against a bank teller to the district of Rhode Island. According to the complaint, the teller refused to allow the customer, a Black man, the full amount of cash he sought to withdraw and forced him to pull down his mask, which the teller did not require of white customers. While the alleged incident occurred at a New Jersey Branch, the arbitration agreement in the parties' contract required that the claim be heard in Rhode Island.
Court: USDC New Jersey, Judge: Kugler , Filed On: June 9, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv5276, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Emotional Distress, venue
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J. Guaderrama grants a motion to transfer, to the Northern District of Texas, a former employee’s disability discrimination and retaliation suit against her former employer. That employee lived and “performed all work assignments” in the Northern District, and while the company “conducts at least some business” in El Paso, “no decisions concerning [her] employment” were made in the Western District of Texas.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Guaderrama, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv332, NOS: Civil Rights - Habeas Corpus, Categories: civil Rights, Employment, venue