Legal Opinion
William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, Jr
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 8, 1974No. 73-1034, 73-1827PublishedCited by 890 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
These cases, heard together en banc, involve in each instance a petition by a federal prisoner for a writ of mandamus compelling vacation of a District Court order transferring the underlying case to the district of the prisoner’s place of confinement. At issue is the propriety of the exercise of authority granted in 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a):
For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it may have been brought.
Our en banc consideration was prompted by a seeming…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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