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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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Stipulated M otion to Transfer and [Proposed] Order 1

CHARLES THOMPSON (SBN 67803)

DARIN T. JUDD (SBN 160475)

LIPPENBERGER, THOMPSON, WELCH,

SOROKO & GILBERT LLP

201 Tamal Vista Boulevard

Corte Madera, California 94525

Telephone: (415) 421-5300

Facsimile: (415) 421-0225

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

JOSEPH T. NORTON, BUFFINGTON & 

ASSOCIATES, INC., dba, SALES SERVICE WEST,

and CSA WEST, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOSEPH T. NORTON; BUFFINGTON &

ASSOCIATES, INC., d/b/a SALES

SERVICE WEST; and CSA WEST, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CSA SERVICES, INC.; WALT

McCONNELL; FRED LANIER; and DOES

1 through 20, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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Case No.: 3:05-cv-03601-CRB

STIPULATED MOTION TO TRANSFER,

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND

AUTHORITIES, AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO TRANSFER

STIPULATED MOTION

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1406(a), CLR 7-12, and the stipulation below, the parties move this

court for an order transferring this case to the United States District Court for the District of South

Carolina, Columbia Division.

POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

28 U.S.C. 1406(a) provides that if a civil action is commenced in the wrong district or

division, the court may, in the interest of justice, transfer the case to any district or division in which

the case could have been brought.

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Stipulated M otion to Transfer and [Proposed] Order 2

The contract at issue in this case includes a forum selection clause identifying York County,

South Carolina as the proper forum for actions involving the contract. Plaintiffs originally filed this

case in California state court, in Alameda County. Defendants removed the case to federal court on

the basis of diversity jurisdiction and Defendant CSA Services, Inc., filed a Motion to Dismiss for

Improper Venue, in which Defendants Walt McConnell and Fred Lanier joined in the alternative to

their Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction. The parties have agreed to transfer this

case to the District Court for the District of South Carolina. Because the parties agree to the transfer,

and because transfer would avoid the necessity of filing a new lawsuit in South Carolina, justice

would be served by the court granting this motion.

STIPULATION

Expressly reserving all rights, objections and defenses, and without waiver of any right,

objection or defense, including, but not limited to, Defendants Walt McConnell and Fred Lanier’s

defense that this court lacks personal jurisdiction, the parties stipulate as follows:

1) There being no federal court division in York County, South Carolina, the parties stipulate

to an order transferring this case to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina,

Columbia Division; and

2) If this Stipulated Motion is Granted, Defendants agree to withdraw their Motions to

Dismiss currently pending before this court. 

DATED: October 7, 2005 By: /S/ Jared Gardner

Jared E. Gardner

Attorney for Defendants

DATED: October 4, 2005 By: /S/ Darin T. Judd

Darin T. Judd

Attorney for Plaintiffs

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Stipulated M otion to Transfer and [Proposed] Order 3

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case be transferred to the

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division.

DATED: __________________ By: _____________________________

The Hon. Charles R. Breyer

October 12, 2005

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer