Eastman v. Initial Investments, Inc.

MEMORANDUM — ORDER

ANITA BRODY, District Judge.

I am asked to decide: (1) whether venue is proper in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) where at the time the cause of action arose all defendants were citizens of Texas and no substantial part of the claim arose in Pennsylvania; and (2) whether venue here is nevertheless proper under 18 U.S.C. § 1965, the special venue provision for cases brought under the Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute. I find that venue here is not proper under § 1391(b), that defendants’ connection with this district…