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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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M.M.M., on behalf of his minor child,
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J.M.A., et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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JEFFERSON BEAUREGARD SESSIONS, )
III, Attorney General of the United States, )
et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 18-1759 (PLF)

ORDER
For the reasons set forth in the Opinion issued this same day, it is hereby
ORDERED that defendants’ motion to transfer venue [Dkt. No. 19] is
GRANTED; it is
FURTHER ORDERED that Count IV of the complaint is severed from Counts I,
II, and III, and this case with those three claims will be transferred immediately, without any
waiting period, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California to be
assigned, with his consent, to the Honorable Dana M. Sabraw, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a);
it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain jurisdiction over Count IV of
the complaint as a separate action; and it is

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FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court is directed to assign a new
civil case number to the remaining count, Count IV. The Clerk of this Court is also directed to
assign Docket Numbers 2, 4, 5, 14, 16, 17, and 22, as well as the Docket Entry of July 27, 2018
and the Minute Order of July 30, 2018 to the new civil action.
SO ORDERED.

/s/
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge
DATE: August 3, 2018

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