PLOTKIN v. IP AXESS, INC.

No. 01 C 3505.

168 F.Supp.2d 899 (2001)

Andrew PLOTKIN, as Trustee for Zachary S. Plotkin Trust dated December 17, 1995; Andrew Plotkin as Trustee for Natalie R. Plotkin Trust dated December 17, 1995; Robert Plotkin as Beneficiary of Robert Plotkin IRA; Robert Plotkin IRA Rollover dated November 10, 1999; Robert Plotkin; Nancy Plotkin; and Manuel Plotkin, Plaintiffs, v. IP AXESS, INC., a Texas corporation formerly named Data Race, Inc. d/b/a Data Race; Michael A. McDonnell; James G. Scogin; Liviakis Financial Communication, Inc.; and John Liviakis, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

October 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Jones, Gary M. Miller, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, Steven J. Plotkin, Plotkin & Plotkin, Chicago, IL, Lee J. Schwartz, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Joseph E. Coughlin, Steven T. Whitmer, Randall Allan Hack, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Jackson Walker L.L.P., Dallas, TX (Mark T. Josephs, James M. Cowan, Christopher A. Thompson, of counsel), for IP Axess, Inc., Michael A. McDonnell, James G. Scogin, defendants.

Peter J. Meyer, Donna J. Rolf, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Liviakis Communications, Inc., John Liviakis, defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Before this court is defendants IP Axess, Inc. ("IP Axess"), Michael A. McDonnell ("McDonnell"), and James A. Scogin's ("Scogin") motion to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). For the following reasons, the court grants defendants' motion.

I. BACKGROUND

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