Jordan v. Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Presently before the Court is the defendant’s motion to transfer this F.E. L.A. action to the Northern District of New York on the basis of forum non conveniens. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), “a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought” in consideration of “the convenience of parties and witnesses [and] in the interest of justice”. Moreover, a decision to transfer is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Piper Aircraft Company v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257, 102…