Rivers v. H.O. Wolding Inc.
- Jesse Furman
- 1:21-cv-09601
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Rivers v. H.O. Wolding, Inc., Judge Furman transferred the case to the Northern District of New York after neither party objected.
Terry Rivers and H.O. Wolding, Inc.; the case was transferred from the Southern District of New York to the Northern District of New York.
What happened
In Rivers v. H.O. Wolding, Inc., the parties jointly told the Southern District of New York that the case should be transferred to the Northern District of New York.
The court gave the parties a deadline to object to the transfer. No objection was filed.
Judge Furman ordered the transfer, directed the clerk to close the case in the Southern District of New York, and cited the federal transfer statute.
The detailed version
- Rivers v. H.O. Wolding Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-09601
- Jesse Furman
- Jan. 6, 2022
Background
In a December 28, 2021 joint letter, the parties indicated that the case should be transferred from the Southern District of New York to the Northern District of New York. The court then stated that it would enter a transfer order unless a party objected by January 5, 2022, at 5 p.m.
Ruling
No objection was filed. The court ordered that the case be transferred to the Northern District of New York under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), which authorizes certain transfers between federal courts. The clerk was directed to transfer the case immediately, without regard to Local Rule 83.1, and to close the case in the Southern District of New York.
Effect
The order moved the case to the Northern District of New York and ended the case's proceedings in the Southern District of New York. Judge Jesse M. Furman did not decide the underlying claims in this order.
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