Shepard v. Wapello County

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• finding that the factor’s weight is 17 weaker where the legal issues are straightforward and the court could easily apply another 18 jurisdiction’s law
• noting that transfer of venue is inappropriate when it simply shifts 22 the inconvenience to the party resisting transfer
• noting the court could not compel a 13 third-party witness to testify in that court under Rule 45
• “[G]enerally, the fact that a plaintiff has filed suit in the district where it resides is a sufficient connection to accord its choice of forum deference.”

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