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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 

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PREMALAL RANASINGHE and 

PALIHA W ADANAGE RAMY A CHANDRALA 

FERNANDO, 

Plaintiffs, 

-againstGREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY, 

JOSEPH J. POPOLIZIO, PHILLIP H. STANFIELD 

and JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI P.L.C., 

Defendants. 

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AMON, Chief United States District Judge: 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION 

MEMORANDUM & ORDER 

13-cv-4111 (CBA) (CLP) 

FILED 

IN CLERK'S OFFICE 

U.S. DISTRICTCOURTEO.N.Y. * MAR I g i!~;i 

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On November 21, 2013, defendant Great West Casualty Company ("Great West") and 

defendants Joseph J. Popolizio, Esq. ("Popolizio"), Phillip H. Stanfield, Esq. ("Stanfield"), and 

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. (collectively, the "Attorney Defendants") filed separate 

motions to dismiss the complaint. On January 21, 2014, this Court issued an Order granting the 

Attorney Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) for 

lack of personal jurisdiction. (D.E. # 28.) The Order also granted in part and denied in part 

Great West's motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to 

state a claim. Lastly, the Order provided that if plaintiffs refiled claims against the Attorney 

Defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, this Court would 

transfer the remaining claim in this action to that District. See. e.g., APA E]{celsior III L.P. v. 

Premiere Techs., Inc., 49 F. Supp. 2d 664, 668 (S.D.N. Y. 1999) ("It is well established that the 

e]{istence of a related action pending in the transferee court weighs heavily towards transfer.") 

Plaintiffs' counsel has submitted a letter indicating that plaintiffs have filed an action 

against the Attorney Defendants in the District of Arizona. See Ranasinghe v. Popolizio, No. 

Case 2:14-cv-00564-ROS Document 34 Filed 03/19/14 Page 1 of 2
CV-14-00369-PHX-ROS (D. Ariz. 2014). Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to transfer 

this action to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March /fJ, 2014 

Brooklyn, N.Y. 

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1:;;ol Bagl{y An{l; / 

Chief United States District Judge 

s/Carol Bagley Amon

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