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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL J GOODLICK, et al.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

APPLE INC, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. 10-02862 CW

ORDER

TRANSFERRING CASE

TO SAN JOSE

DIVISION

All civil actions shall be assigned to the “Courthouse serving

the county in which the action arises.” Civil L.R. 3.2(c). “A

civil action arises in the county in which a substantial part of

the events or omissions which give rise to the claim occurred or in

which a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the

action is situated.” Id. Civil Local Rule 3-5(b) requires

Plaintiffs to include a paragraph entitled “Intradistrict

Assignment” in their complaint, which must identify the basis for

assignment to a particular division pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-

2(c). Here, Plaintiffs failed to include such a paragraph in their

First Amended Complaint and they did not allege any connection

between this action and the Oakland/San Francisco Division of the

Northern District of California. It appears that the relevant acts

and omissions alleged by Plaintiff occurred within the San Jose

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1From the face of the First Amended Complaint, this is not an

intellectual property action and should not be assigned on a

district-wide basis.

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Division. Accordingly, the Court orders the case transferred to

the San Jose Division.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 07/13/10 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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