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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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10149.004 3087587v1 1 5:15-cv-01083 (NMC)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE

COBLENTZ 

PATCH 

DUFFY 

&

BASS LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94111 -4213

415.391.4800 • Fax 415.989.1663

Jeffrey G. Knowles (State Bar No. 129754)

Mark L. Hejinian (State Bar No. 281417)

COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94111-4213

Telephone: 415.391.4800

Facsimile: 415.989.1663

Email: ef-jgk@cpdb.com,

ef-mlh@cpdb.com

Terrence J. Fleming (Admitted pro hac vice)

Christopher A. Grgurich (Admitted pro hac vice)

LINDQUIST & VENNUM LLP

4200 IDS Center

80 South 8th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: 612.371.3211

Email: tfleming@lindquist.com 

cgrgurich@lindquist.com

Attorneys for Defendant

CARL TOWLEY III

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN JOSE DIVISION

GARY L. TAVERNETTI,

Plaintiff,

v.

CARL TOWLEY, III, and DOES 1 through 

100,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-01083 (NMC)

STIPULATION AND MODIFIED ORDER 

TO TRANSFER CASE

Judge: Nathanael M. Cousins

Complaint File: February 14, 2014

Trial Date: None Set

Case 5:15-cv-01083-NC Document 15 Filed 03/23/15 Page 1 of 3
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10149.004 3087587v1 2 5:15-cv-01083 (NMC)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE

COBLENTZ 

PATCH 

DUFFY 

&

BASS LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94111 -4213

415.391.4800 • Fax 415.989.1663

WHEREAS, on February 14, 2015, Plaintiff Gary L. Tavernetti ("Plaintiff") filed a 

Complaint for Damages, Injunctive Relief for and for Imposition of a Constructive Trust for: (1) 

Breach of Contract, (2) Breach of Fiduciary Duty, (3) Fraud (Intentional, Misrepresentation, 

Concealment and Non Disclosure), and (4) Conversion in Monterey County Superior Court

against, inter alia, Defendant Carl Towley, III ("Defendant");

WHEREAS, on March 3, 2015, Defendant (through counsel) was served with a First 

Amended Complaint for Damages, Injunctive Relief for and for Imposition of a Constructive 

Trust for: (1) Breach of Contract, (2) Breach of Fiduciary Duty, (3) Fraud (Intentional, 

Misrepresentation, Concealment and Non Disclosure), and (4) Conversion (the "FAC");

WHEREAS, on March 9, 2015, Defendant removed the action to this Court pursuant to the 

provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Dkt. 1);

WHEREAS, on March 16, 2015, Defendant filed a Motion To Dismiss (Dkt. 7) seeking, 

inter alia, transfer of this action to the United States Federal District Court of Minnesota because 

this action is improperly venued in California, but venue in Minnesota is proper;

WHEREAS, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), the parties agree that the convenience of 

parties and witnesses and the interests of justice support venue in the United States Federal 

District Court of Minnesota because the alleged acts or events in the FAC, if true, would have 

taken place in whole or in part in Minnesota;

WHEREAS, the parties agree and consent to venue in United States Federal District Court 

of Minnesota as proper;

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT:

(1) Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART;

(2) the above-captioned case should be transferred to the United States Federal District 

Court of Minnesota pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a);

(3) the Court ORDERS the Clerk of Court to transfer this case to the United States 

Federal District Court of Minnesota; and

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10149.004 3087587v1 3 5:15-cv-01083 (NMC)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE

COBLENTZ 

PATCH 

DUFFY 

&

BASS LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94111 -4213

415.391.4800 • Fax 415.989.1663

(3) Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is DENIED AS MOOT in all other respects.

DATED: March 20, 2015 BARRON & ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Gerald V. Barron

Gerald V. Barron

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GARY L. TAVERNETTI

DATED: March 20, 2015 COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey G. Knowles

Jeffrey G. Knowles

Attorneys for Defendant

CARL TOWLEY III

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS SO ORDERED. In the interest of justice, this case is 

transferred to the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).

Dated: March 23, 2015 

HON. NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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