Opinion
22-cv-10605
03-23-2022
HOLLY McDERMITT, Plaintiff, v. SHERMETA LAW GROUP, P.L.C., Defendant
ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO TRANSFER THIS ACTION TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On February 22, 2022, Plaintiff Holly McDermitt filed this action against Defendant Shermeta Law Group, P.L.C. in the 54A District Court for the State of Michigan. (See Compl., ECF No. 1-2.) The 54A District Court is located in the City of Lansing in Ingham County, Michigan. (See id.)
On March 22, 2022, Shermeta removed McDermitt's action to this Court. (See Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1.) However, under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), an action may only be removed "to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending." 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Here, because this action was pending in Lansing, Michigan, the district court "embracing" that location is the United States District Court of the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division. See 28 U.S.C. § 102(b)(1) (providing that Ingham County, Michigan is located in the "southern division" of Michigan's "western" judicial district).
Accordingly, for the reasons explained above, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to TRANSFER this action to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or counsel of record on March 23, 2022, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail.