VideoLabs Inc v. Amazon.Com Inc. ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 10 VIDEOLABS, INC., et al., CASE NO. C22-1451JLR 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE v. 12 AMAZON.COM, INC., et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 On October 11, 2022, The Honorable Alan D. Albright, United States District 16 Judge for the Western District of Texas, granted Defendants Amazon.com, Inc. and 17 Amazon Web Services, Inc.’s (collectively, “Amazon”) motion to transfer this matter 18 from the Western District of Texas to this court. (Transfer Order (Dkt. # 91) (sealed).) 19 The transfer was perfected, and this court assumed jurisdiction, on October 13, 2022, 20 when the case was docketed in this court. See NBS Imaging Sys., Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Court 21 for E. Dist. of Cal., 841 F.2d 297, 298 (9th Cir. 1988); (10/13/22 Dkt. Entry (Dkt. # 92); 22 Letter re Receipt of Case (Dkt. # 98)). 1 On October 13, 2022, Plaintiffs VideoLabs, Inc. and VL Collective IP, LLC 2 (collectively, “VideoLabs”) filed a motion in the original Western District of Texas 3 action to stay the transfer of this case pending a decision on their motion for clarification 4 and reconsideration of Judge Albright’s transfer order. See Motion to Stay, VideoLabs, 5 Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 6:22-cv-00079-ADA (W.D. Tex.), Dkt. # 94. Because the 6 case had already been docketed in this court when VideoLabs filed the motion, however, 7 the Western District of Texas no longer has jurisdiction to decide VideoLabs’s motions to 8 stay and for clarification and reconsideration. NBS Imaging Sys., Inc., 841 F.2d at 298; 9 In re Red Barn Motors, Inc., 794 F.3d 481, 484 (5th Cir. 2015). 10 Judge Albright has requested that the case be transferred back to the Western 11 District of Texas so that he may consider the pending motions. The court respectfully 12 GRANTS Judge Albright’s request and TRANSFERS this case back to the United States 13 District Court for the Western District of Texas. See In re Red Barn Motors, Inc., 794 14 F.3d at 484; In re Warrick, 70 F.3d 736, 739-40 (2d Cir. 1995). 15 Dated this 28th day of October, 2022. 16 A 17 18 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 19 20 21 22