Matthews v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

Defendant moves, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(3), Fed.R.Civ.P., to dismiss the complaint for improper venue.

Plaintiff, a black male, alleges racial and sex discrimination against him by defendant for terminating him from its flight attendant trainee program and refusing to employ him as a flight attendant, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

Title VII has its own venue provision, which provides, in relevant part:

“Such an action may be brought in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged…