Weiss v. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

Before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of venue and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the reasons stated below, this Court finds that venue is improper under 28 U.S. C.S. § 1391(b) and orders this lawsuit transferred, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. § 1406(a), to the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

FACTS

For purposes of this motion, the following facts are assumed true. Plaintiff Reinhold Weiss (“Weiss”) is a consulting industrial designer. In 1965, while…