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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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ORDER GRANTING SUREWEST TELEPHONE AND SUREWEST TELEVIDEO’S MOTION TO SEVER 

AND TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

Bingham McCutchen LLP

ROBERT A. BRUNDAGE (SBN 159890)

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111-4067

Telephone: (415) 393-2000

Facsimile: (415) 393-2286

Counsel for Defendants

SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS 

COMPANY L.P.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY 

D/B/A AT&T CALIFORNIA; VERIZON 

CALIFORNIA, INC.; SUREWEST 

TELEPHONE; and SUREWEST TELEVIDEO,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-CV-01257-MCE-CKD

ORDER GRANTING SUREWEST 

TELEPHONE AND SUREWEST 

TELEVIDEO’S UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO SEVER AND TO 

TRANSFER VENUE TO THE 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

Judge: Chief Judge Morrison C.

England, Jr.

Date: October 16, 2014

Time: 2:00 PM

Courtroom: 7

Action Filed: May 21, 2014

This matter is before the Court on the unopposed motion of Defendants SureWest 

Telephone and SureWest Televideo (collectively, “SureWest”) to sever and to transfer venue to 

the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Mot., Sept. 10, 2014, ECF 

No. 25. SureWest moves to sever the claims against it from this case and to transfer venue of 

those claims to the Central District of Illinois pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 and 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1404(a). Plaintiff and the remaining two Defendants, Pacific Bell Telephone Company and 

Verizon California, Inc., do not oppose SureWest’s Motion. See ECF No. 32. In addition, all 

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ORDER GRANTING SUREWEST TELEPHONE AND SUREWEST TELEVIDEO’S MOTION TO SEVER 

AND TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

parties to this action ask that the Court decide the instant motion forthwith without oral 

argument. Id. Having reviewed the motion and related documents, and by stipulation of all 

parties, the Court finds the matter suitable for decision on shortened time and without oral 

argument pursuant to Local Rules 144(e) and 230(g). Therefore, the October 16, 2014, hearing 

date for this motion is hereby VACATED.

For the reasons set forth in SureWest’s Motion, the Court agrees that the Central District 

of Illinois is a more convenient forum for adjudication of Plaintiff’s claims against SureWest. 

For good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS SureWest Telephone and SureWest 

Televideo’s Unopposed Motion to Sever and to Transfer Venue to the Central District of Illinois. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company L.P.’s claims against Defendants 

SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo are hereby SEVERED pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 21; 

(2) It is further ORDERED this case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United 

States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division, as to Defendants 

SureWest Telephone and SureWest Televideo only. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to 

take all steps necessary to effectuate this transfer; and

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ORDER GRANTING SUREWEST TELEPHONE AND SUREWEST TELEVIDEO’S MOTION TO SEVER 

AND TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

(3) After the transfer of the SureWest Defendants as set forth above, Sprint 

Communications Company L.P. SHALL REMAIN the Plaintiff and Verizon California, Inc. 

and Pacific Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T California, SHALL REMAIN

the Defendants in this action in this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 22, 2014

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