FANNIN v. JONES

No. 12774.

229 F.2d 368 (1956)

Myrtle FANNIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Zeb Fannin, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Honorable Paul JONES, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metzenbaum, Schwartz & Disbro, Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph I. Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant or petitioner.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and STEWART, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the district judge to vacate his order entered under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a), transferring from the Eastern to the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio petitioner's suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. In granting the motion for transfer, the district judge gave consideration to the fact that an early trial would be impossible in the Eastern Division because of an overcrowded...

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