Magistrate Judge Ramirez Recommends Denial of Domino’s Motion to Transfer Venue

On October 30, 2013, Magistrate Judge Ramirez issued Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation (available here) in the H-W Technology v. Domino’s Pizza case. Judge Ramirez recommended denying Domino’s motion to transfer venue, ruling that “[c]onsidering the interest of justice issue under § 1404(a), Defendants have failed to carry their burden of showing that the Eastern District of Michigan is ‘clearly more convenient’.” It appears as if Judge Ramirez’s decision was substantially influenced by other pending cases in the Northern District involving the same plaintiff and same patent-in-suit.