Opinion
1:22-cv-00180-TBM-RPM
08-17-2022
PAUL DAVID BAUGH JR., DAVID DUDLEY, CARL SKIPPER, JAMES VELA and JAMES ANTHONY WOODS, Plaintiffs, v. AUSTAL USA, LLC and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants.
Counsel for the Defendant Austal USA, LLC John P. Kavanagh, Jr BURR & FORMAN LLP Counsel for the Plaintiffs Stephen W. Dummer DUMMER LAW GROUP, PLLC
Counsel for the Defendant Austal USA, LLC John P. Kavanagh, Jr BURR & FORMAN LLP Counsel for the Plaintiffs
Stephen W. Dummer DUMMER LAW GROUP, PLLC
AGREED ORDER
Taylor B. McNeel United States District Judge
In response to the Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 1), Defendant Austal USA, LLC (“Austal”) filed a “Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Improper Venue, or, Alternatively, Unopposed Motion to Transfer Venue” (Doc. 6). The parties agree that venue for this lawsuit should properly be exercised in the Southern District of Alabama, and that transfer of the case is appropriate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
The Court makes no ruling or finding of fact as to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Improper Venue. However, the Unopposed Motion to Transfer Venue is GRANTED.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Clerk shall take appropriate steps to transfer the matter to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Southern Division), following which the matter should be closed on this Court's Docket. 1
In light of the Court's decision to transfer, it is unnecessary to address the jurisdictional or other arguments raised in the Defendant's Motion.
SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED 2