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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MITCHELL EGGERS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 08cv0198 JM(LSP)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION

vs.

CAMPAGNOLO NORTH AMERICA, INC.;

B & L BIKE AND SPORTS, INC.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff moves this court to reconsider its July 7, 2009 Order Granting Motion to Transfer

(“Order”) on grounds that (1) the court erroneously transferred the action to the Southern District of

Texas, instead of the Western District of Texas; and (2) the court failed to consider the presence of

the local witnesses identified for the first time in the motion for reconsideration. Defendants partially

oppose the motion for reconsideration. 

Reconsideration is generally appropriate “if the district court (1) is presented with newly

discovered evidence, (2) committed clear error or the initial decision was manifestly unjust, or (3) if

there is an intervening change in controlling law. . . . There may also be other, highly unusual

circumstances warranting reconsideration." School Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah County, Oregon v.

ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1263 (9th Cir. 1993) (citations omitted). 

In granting Campagnolo S.R.L’s motion to transfer venue to the district court located in

Austin, Texas, the parties represented that Austin was located in the Southern District of Texas.

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Plaintiff now moves for reconsideration on the ground that Austin, Texas is located in the Western

District of Texas, and not the Southern District of Texas. Campagnolo S.R.L. does not oppose transfer

of this action to the Western District of Texas and represents that it intended to transfer the action to

the venue in which Plaintiff’s bicycle accident occurred. In order to correct a clear error, the court

grants limited reconsideration of the Order. The Clerk of Court is instructed to transfer this action to

the Western District of Texas.

On the merits, Plaintiff identifies potential witnesses located within this district. The witnesses

are not newly discovered. Plaintiff has been aware of these witnesses for a considerable period of

time. Consequently, this portion of the motion is denied because Plaintiff fails to set forth any newly

discovered evidence, clear error, or intervening change in controlling law. 

In sum, the court grants in part and denies in part the motion for reconsideration. The Clerk

of Court is instructed to transfer this action to the Western District of Texas.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 6, 2009

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

cc: All parties

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