Legal Opinion
Cormier v. Fisher
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 21, 2005No. Civ. 05-75-B-WPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE OR RETAIN VENUE
WOODCOCK, District Judge.
This case begins like a law school examination: if a Maine resident is injured in Virginia by a Georgia resident, which court has jurisdiction and where does venue lie? This Court’s brief answer is that the federal court in Maine does not have jurisdiction and, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), it transfers the matter to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia for further proceedings.
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