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Parties Involved:
Angela Bryant
Plaintiff
Hewitt Associates, LLC.
Defendant

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AGREED ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, 

HOUSTON DIVISION; CASE NO. C 05 2976 MMC 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

GILMORE F. DIEKMANN (CA SBN 50400) 

PATRICIA H. CULLISON (CA SBN 101636) 

ERIC E. HILL (CA SBN 173247) 

560 Mission St., Suite 3100 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

Gdiekmann@seyfarth.com 

Pcullison@seyfarth.com 

Ehill@seyfarth.com 

JOSEPH G. GALAGAZA (TX SBN 07572600) 

ROBERT J. CARTY, JR. (TX SBN 00788794) 

700 Louisiana St., Suite 3700 

Houston, TX 77002 

Telephone: (713) 225-2300 

Facsimile: (713) 225-2340 

Jgalagaza@seyfarth.com 

Rcarty@seyfarth.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HEWITT ASSOCIATES LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANGELA BRYANT, on her own behalf, and on 

behalf of others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

HEWITT ASSOCIATES, LLC, 

Defendant.

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Case No. C 05 2976 MMC 

AGREED ORDER TRANSFERRING 

VENUE UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1404(A) 

Currently before the Court are Defendant Hewitt Associates LLC’s Motion to Transfer 

Venue and the parties’ Joint Stipulation Regarding Transfer of Venue to the Southern District of 

Texas, Houston Division. In the Joint Stipulation, the parties jointly stipulate to the following:

(1) this case could have been brought in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division; (2) 

transferring this case to the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division would be more 

convenient to the witnesses than would proceeding in this Court; (3) transferring this case to the 
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AGREED ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, 

HOUSTON DIVISION; CASE NO. C 05 2976 MMC 

Southern District of Texas, Houston Division would be more convenient to the parties than 

would proceeding in this Court; and (4) transferring this case to the Southern District of Texas, 

Houston Division would be in the interests of justice. The parties further stipulate that, under 28 

U.S.C. § 1404(a), the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division is the appropriate venue for 

this action, and that this action should be transferred to that venue. 

Based on these stipulations, this Court finds that the convenience of the witnesses, the 

convenience of the parties, and the interest of justice all favor a transfer of this action to the 

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1404(a). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this case be transferred to the United 

States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 14, 2005 __________________________________________ 

 HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

APPROVED & ENTRY REQUESTED: 

SCHNEIDER & WALLACE 

/s/

DATED: October 12, 2005 

Joshua Konecky 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ANGELA BRYANT 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

/s/

DATED: October 12, 2005 

Patricia H. Cullison 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HEWITT ASSOCIATES LLC 

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