State v. Locklin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a district court must simply “cite to evidence in the record that supports” its 4 “‘justifiable belief’ in the existence of an adequate alternative forum”
• noting that where a district court dismisses a complaint on forum 1 The District Court exercised subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2
• cautioning, nevertheless, that “[cjonditions cannot transform an inadequate forum into an adequate one”
• court making adequate alternative forum determination must closely examine all submissions and cite to supporting evidence in record
• “[A]n adequate forum does not exist if a statute of limitations bars the bringing of the case in that forum.”
• “The defendant bears the burden of proof on all elements” in the forum non conveniens analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).