Strypek v. Schreyer

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The rule on motions for transfer under § 1404(a) of Title 28, United; States Code, is that the plaintiffs’ choice of forum — in this instance, the district, of their residences — is rarely to be disturbed. And unless the defendants sustain the burden of showing that “the-balance is strongly in favor” of them,. their motion must be denied. 1 The defendants have failed to sustain their burden.

The moving affidavit contains a general statement that all available witnesses reside within fifty miles of the courthouse of the Pennsylvania District to which transfer is sought,…