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or on behalf of the United States may be transferred under
this
section without the consent of the United States where all
other
parties request transfer.
Curiously,thedefendanthadoverandagaintoldthe
plaintiff1thatsheresided inthe State
ofWashington. Baseduponthesestatements it wasreasonableforthe
plaintifftothenreachthe
conclusionthatdiversityexistedunder18USC 1332
whereincompletediversityexistedandthis
Court wasthecontrollingoneforpurposesofbothdiversityand
jurisdiction.
Ithasnow becomeapparentthatthedefendantnow
residesandhasmaintaineddomicile
inthe CommonwealthofMassachusettsforanumberofyears. Herinitial
protestationsthatshe
resided in Washington-to whichthis
plaintiffhadnoreasontodoubt-appearstobe justan
extensionofhermisleadingandegregiousconduct. Thedefendants
incantationsregardingher
lawfuldomicile were,retrospectively,merelysubterfuges.
Shehassuppliedandthe plaintiff
acceptstheheavilyredacted proofthatshehas producedforthis Court.
Giventhat,contraryto
herstatementsandassertionsthatsheresided in Washington, it isnow
convincingthatshe
resides in Massachusetts.
Acceptingthisharkenedawakening,the
plaintiffrequeststhatthecasebetransferredto
the Commonwealth(District CourtofMassachusetts)ofMassachusetts
intoto. Ofobviousnote
arethatthemany
pendedmotionsseekingdismissalbaseduponlackofpersonal
jurisdiction
wouldbecomemoot.
Secondly,thedefendantscounselhasstatedoverandagainthatthecase
belongs inthe Districton
Massachusetts.Plaintiffherebyrequestthatthismotionbegranted in
lieuof: a)holdingahearing inthis Courtandb)to preservescarce
judicialresourcesofhaving
theclerks inthe Districton Massachusettshavingto
wadethroughthemorassofanewlyminted
case. A
transferseemstoaccomplishthemanyrequestsofthedefensecounsel(s),andcausesthe
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The
plaintiffcertifiesthatacopyofthismotionhasbeentransmittedtothedefendantby
wayof
hercounselthroughtheelectronicfilingsystem(Pacer) ECMF.
To:
Adam Belzberg
Graham & Dunn, PC
Pier 70, 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98121-1128
Bradley E. Abruzzi
Office of the General Counsel
Harvard University
980 Holyoke Center
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
_/s Chris Ryder_____________________-
Chris Ryder September1, 2010
