Court Opinion

ID: 624614
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2012-03-06 08:04:34+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:51:07.947412
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

  mniteb ~tate~ 589
F.3d 1194 (Fed. Cir. 2009); In re Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.,
587 F.3d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2009); In re Genentech, Inc., 566
F.3d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2009); In re TS Tech USA Corp., 551
F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2008); In re Volkswagen of Am., Inc.,
545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008) (en banc). In this case, that
standard has not been met.

     The petitioners contend that Ei-Land named as de-
fendants a number of Texas-based retailers not subject to
personal jurisdiction in California in an attempt to pre-
vent transfer to a far more convenient venue. This case,
however, is not akin to the circumstances in In re Micro-
soft Corp., 630 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2011) and prior cases
in which we granted mandamus relief based upon the
trial court's reliance on a party's attempts to frustrate the
transfer laws. Here, all of the hardware store defendants
except for AT&L have been dropped from the suit and the
reasons for denying transfer were irrespective of AT&L's
presence in Texas.

    The petitioners' argument that this cause of action
has no meaningful connection to the plaintiffs chosen
forum was addressed and rejected by the district court in
its transfer order. The court explained that Simpson
conducts significant operations relevant to this case
outside of its Northern California headquarters, including
activities at its McKinney branch, and that potential
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witnesses and sources of proof are located within the
Eastern District of Texas. We are not prepared to hold
that those conclusions were plainly incorrect. In sum, the
petitioners have failed to satisfy the demanding standard
required to justify the issuance of a writ of mandamus.
We therefore deny the petition.
      Accordingly,
      IT Is ORDERED THAT:

      The petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.

                                     FOR THE COURT

      APR 06 2011                    /s/ Jan Horbaly
         Date                        Jan Horbaly
                                     Clerk
cc: James P. Martin, Esq.
    John J. Edmonds, Esq.
    Alexandra C. Fennell, Esq.
    Clerk, United States District Court For The Eastern
District Of Texas
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                                          I.S. COURT OF APPEALS FO:l
                                            THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

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