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In McPherson, this Court similarly considered that most of the putative class and all of the employer's managers lived near Houston and held "[t]he additional travel expenses of the six potential class members who reside in the Corpus Christi division is clearly outweighed by the number of potential class members who live in the Houston Division."
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14-CV-00113
08-15-2014
BRENT MCPHERSON, et al, Plaintiffs, v. LEAM DRILLING SYSTEMS, LLC, et al, Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE HOUSTON DIVISION
On July 30, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby issued his "Memorandum and Recommendation to Grant Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue to the Houston Division" (D.E. 35). The parties were provided proper notice of, and opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); General Order No. 2002-13. No objections have been filed.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing Douglass v. United Services Auto Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation (D.E. 35), and all other relevant documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, the motion to transfer venue (D.E. 9) is GRANTED and this action is ORDERED transferred to the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas.
ORDERED this 15th day of August, 2014.
/s/_________
NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE