Frass v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the Court upon Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Defendant’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Itemization of Material and Disputed Facts. However, the Court does not reach the merits of those motions because the Court raises, sua sponte, the venue and jurisdiction questions contained in the Answer of Defendant, and finds that because venue is not proper in this Court and because the Court has no personal jurisdiction over Defendant this action should be dismissed.

I. Background

Plaintiff Bertrand Charles Frass, Jr., a…