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VAKALIS v. SHAWMUT CORP.

No. 90-1659.

925 F.2d 34 (1991)

Mary VAKALIS and George Vakalis, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SHAWMUT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Vakalis and Mary D. Vakalis, on brief, pro se.

Thomas F. Parker and Sorokin, Sorokin, Gross, Hyde & Williams, on brief, Hartford, Conn., for defendants-appellees Cooley, Shrair, Alpert, Labovitz & Dambrov, P.C. and Alan S. Dambrov.

Richard S. Lipman, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin, Hartford, Conn., Sanford F. Remz and Widett, Slater & Goldman, P.C., on brief, Boston, Mass., for defendants-appellees T. Phillip Leader and Mason, Crotty, Dunn & McCarthy.

Lynn Weissberg, Max D. Stern, and Stern & Shapiro on brief, Boston, Mass., for defendants-appellees Shawmut Corp., Shawmut First Bank and Trust Co., Frank W. Barrett and Wornat Development Corp.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellants filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut asserting RICO and several pendent state law claims. The appellants were represented by Connecticut counsel. The district judge referred the case to a magistrate, who reviewed the 118-page, 200-paragraph complaint and noted a number of defects in it. The district judge focused on the fact that venue was improper in the District of Connecticut, and transferred...

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