Lopiccolo v. American University

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ADAM LOPICCOLO, :
:
Plaintiff, : CIVIL ACTION
:
v. : NO. 10-CV-3131
:
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, :
et al., :
:
Defendants. :
ORDER
AND NOW, this 29th day of March, 2011, upon consideration
of the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint Pursuant
to Rule 12(b)(2), (3), and (6) of Defendants American University,
the Board of Trustees of American University, and Robert Acunto
(Doc. No. 9), Plaintiff’s response in opposition thereto (Docs.
Nos. 15, 17), and the Defendants’ reply in further support
thereof (Doc. No. 20), as well as Defendant Mark Cody’s Motion to
Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint for Lack of Jurisdiction,
Improper Venue and for Failing to State a Claim for Which Relief
Can Be Granted (Doc. No. 10), Plaintiff’s response in opposition
thereto (Docs. Nos. 16, 18), and Defendant Cody’s reply in
further support thereof (Doc. No. 19), and for the reasons set
forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that
the Motions to Dismiss are DENIED but that, venue being improper
in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the case is TRANSFERRED
to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
BY THE COURT:
s/J. Curtis Joyner
J. CURTIS JOYNER, J.