Blackwell

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBERT J. BLACKWELL, JR., Case No.: 1:25-cv-00267-KES-CDB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING ACTION TO

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

13 v.

14 JEANNE M. BLACKWELL, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Robert J. Blackwell, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the filing of a 18 complaint on March 3, 2025. (Doc. 1). 19 Background 20 In his complaint, Plaintiff asserts that Defendant Jeanne M. Blackwell unlawfully took 21 $1,247,800.00 from the estate of Robert Blackwell, Sr. (Plaintiff’s father). (Id. at 4, 5). In support 22 of his claims to relief, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant’s liability exists under Florida’s elder abuse 23 laws. (Id. at 5). Plaintiff references in his complaint various Florida statutes, alleges that Plaintiff 24 sent Defendant a demand note and waited 30 days before filing this action “[a]s required by Florida 25 law,” and requests punitive damages “as authorized by the [governing Florida] statute.” (Id. at 6). 26 Plaintiff alleges that the main…