Opinion ID: 627440
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Heading: Burden on Defendant

Text: 14 The unique burdens placed upon one who must defend oneself in a foreign legal system should have significant weight in assessing the reasonableness of stretching the long arm of personal jurisdiction over national borders. Asahi, 480 U.S. at 114, 107 S.Ct. at 1033. The burden on Leonis of defending the suit in Washington is considerable. Leonis' base of operations is in Manila. The company presently has no connections with Washington, nor does it have an agent or office anywhere else in the United States. See Roth v. Garcia Marquez, 942 F.2d 617, 623 (9th Cir.1991). Potential witnesses and evidence are not located in Washington. Although Amoco suggests that Egypt would be an equally burdensome forum for Leonis, the burden on the defendant is not a forum non conveniens question, but a function of due process requirements. 15