Mohammadi v. Scharfen

How courts have described this case

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• holding transferee court \had a substantial interest in the resolution of claims\ where plaintiff resided in that district, had been fingerprinted and interviewed there, and his application for naturalization would be adjudicated there
• holding transferee court “had a substantial interest in the resolution of claims” where plaintiff resided in that district, had been fingerprinted and interviewed there, and his application for naturalization would be adjudicated there
• “The convenience of the witnesses ‘is considered only to the extent that the witnesses may actually be unavailable for trial in one of the fora.’”
• “In light of the transfer, the court does not address the defendants’ motion to dismiss.”
• “because the plaintiffs claims are based on federal law, the court recognizes ‘the principle that the transferee federal court is competent to decide federal issues correctly’ ”
• “because the plaintiff’s claims are based on federal law, the court recognizes ‘the principle that the transferee federal court is competent to decide federal issues correctly’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).