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Long v. District of Columbia Housing Authority et al

MOTION to Transfer Case

13 Cited authorities

  1. Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman

    369 U.S. 463 (1962)   Cited 1,798 times
    Holding that a lack of personal jurisdiction can be remedied by a transfer under § 1406

  2. Sinclair v. Kleindienst

    711 F.2d 291 (D.C. Cir. 1983)   Cited 168 times
    Holding that complaint must give "defendant fair notice of the plaintiff's claim and the grounds upon which it rests"

  3. Capital Bank International v. Citigroup, Inc.

    Civil Action No 02-1149 (RMU) (D.D.C. Aug. 4, 2003)   Cited 44 times
    Concluding that transfer is in the interest of justice where it saves parties the time and expense of refiling

  4. Hill v. U.S. Air Force

    795 F.2d 1067 (D.C. Cir. 1986)   Cited 71 times
    Holding Privacy Act plaintiff must exhaust his or her administrative remedies prior to bringing suit

  5. Mathis v. Dist. of Columbia Hous. Auth.

    124 A.3d 1089 (D.C. 2015)   Cited 21 times
    Holding that "[i]n the absence of a clear statement of legislative intent to make filing deadline jurisdictional ... th[e] deadline [imposed by D.C. App. R. 15(a) ] is not a jurisdictional rule ... and ... as a claim-processing rule, filing deadline is subject to equitable tolling" and explaining that "the modern bright[-]line default [rule] ... is that procedural rules, even those codified in statutes, are nonjurisdictional in character"

  6. Conafay by Conafay v. Wyeth Laboratories

    793 F.2d 350 (D.C. Cir. 1986)   Cited 65 times
    Reversing refusal to grant voluntary dismissal because of absence of statement of reasons in record

  7. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. v. Bivins

    20 F. Supp. 3d 207 (D.D.C. 2014)   Cited 16 times
    Finding that venue did not lie "where the only connection to the claims are that, arguably, two people, one of whom was a member of the plaintiff [organization], placed orders through a generally accessible website for shipment of a small amount of allegedly infringing merchandise"

  8. Pedzewick v. Foe

    963 F. Supp. 48 (D. Mass. 1997)   Cited 34 times
    Concluding it would be an abuse of the judicial system if parties were allowed to purposefully file in the wrong court in order to hold open the statute of limitations indefinitely

  9. In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation

    Misc. No. 99-197 (TFH) MDL No. 1285 (D.D.C. Nov. 22, 2000)   Cited 5 times
    Reasoning that " stay of jurisdictional discovery would certainly thwart the prompt resolution of this matter"

  10. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,730 times   688 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  11. Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 41   Cited 108,040 times   195 Legal Analyses
    Holding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"

  12. Section 1631 - Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1631   Cited 7,656 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Granting courts authority to transfer action to court with proper jurisdiction

  13. Section 11-722 - Administrative orders and decisions

    D.C. Code § 11-722   Cited 56 times
    Granting District of Columbia court of Appeals jurisdiction in accordance with DCAPA