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HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MGMT.

Civil Action No. 96-650.

939 F.Supp. 1 (1996)

The HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA), et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, an agency of the United States of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Weiss, A.J. Weiss & Associates, St. Thomas, USVI, James Dougherty, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Mark Brown, Teri Thomsen, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Jordan Fried, David Trissell, Brenda Goranflo, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Michael McLemore, Department of Commerce, NOAA, Office of General Counsel, St. Petersburg, FL, Sean Skags, Department of the Interior, Office of the Regional Solicitor, Atlanta, GA, Julio Brady, Attorney General, K. Glenda Cameron, Counsel to the Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice, Christiansted, St. Croix, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Transfer Venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).1 The statute provides:

For the convenience of the parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought.

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