Free Proposed Order - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-05115-JSW

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP SHERI FLAME EISNER #162776 [email protected] DAVID L. STANTON # 208079 [email protected] 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5406 Telephone: (213) 488-7100 Facsimile: (213) 629-1033 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP JOHN M. GRENFELL #88500 [email protected] 50 Fremont Street Post Office Box 7880 San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 Telephone: (415) 983-1000 Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 Attorneys for Defendant NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

DOE, Individually And On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff,

No. C 07-5115 JSW [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING THIS ACTION PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(3), OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO TRANSFER IT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), FOR IMPROPER VENUE

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Judge: Date:
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Hon. Jeffrey S. White January 25, 2008
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[PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING, OR ALTERNATIVELY TRANSFERRING, ACTION Case No. C 07-5115 JSW

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Defendant Network Solutions LLC's ("Network Solutions") Motion To Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3), or in the Alternative to Transfer Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), For Improper Venue, came on regularly for hearing in room 2 of this Court on January 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White. Network Solutions was represented by the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and plaintiff Doe ("Plaintiff") was represented by the law firm of Gutride Safier Reese LLP. After full consideration of the pleadings, records and files herein, including oral argument by both parties, and the authorities submitted by counsel, the Court finds that the forum selection clause in Network Solutions' Service Agreement that Plaintiff repeatedly, affirmatively and voluntarily agreed to is enforceable. This is because the forum selection clause is reasonable and just and no exception exists to overcome the strong presumption that the clause is valid. M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1, 15, 18 (1972); Manetti-Farrow, Inc. v. Gucci America, Inc., 858 F.2d 509, 512, 515 (9th Cir. 1988). Pursuant to the forum selection clause the only proper venue for this action is Virginia. Based on these findings, the Court GRANTS: _____ the Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3) for improper venue; or _____ the Motion to Transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) for improper venue and transfers this action to United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division.

Dated:

Jeffrey S. White Judge of the United States District Court

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