Goodson v. McVay

Full title: DANIEL J. GOODSON, III, Plaintiff, v. CATHERINE C. McVAY, Chairman…

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Jun 24, 2010

Civil Action No. 10 - 439 (W.D. Pa. Jun. 24, 2010)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 10 — 439.

June 24, 2010

MEMORANDUM ORDER

GARY LANCASTER, District Judge

The above captioned case was initiated by the filing of a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (doc. no. 1) on April 2, 2010, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrate Judges.

Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan filed a Report and Recommendation on May 21, 2010 (doc. no. 11), recommending that the Motion to Transfer Case on Venue Grounds filed by Defendant Catherine McVey (doc. no. 7) be granted. Plaintiff was served with the Report and Recommendation and advised that he had fourteen days within which to file objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections have been filed.

After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 24^th day of June, 2010;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion to Transfer Case on Venue Grounds filed by Defendant Catherine McVey (doc. no. 7) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (doc. no. 11) of Magistrate Judge Lenihan dated May 21, 2010, is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action be transferred FORTHWITH to the United States District Court for the Middle District under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mark this case CLOSED.