Varsic v. United States District Court For The Central District Of California

607 F.2d 245 56 A.L.R.Fed. 745, 1 Employee Benefits Ca 1844 John Ivan VARSIC, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, and Amalgamated Insurance Fund, a/k/a Amalgamated Retirement Fund, Board of Trustees of the Amalgamated Insurance Fund, and Victor Berger, Real Parties in Interest. No. 78-2242. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 5, 1979. Neal S. Dudovitz (argued), National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner. Thomas J. Fineman (argued), Rose, Klein & Marias, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and HUG, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Varsic has petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus commanding the United States District Court for the Central District of California to rescind its order transferring his action for pension benefits to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and for other relief. We agree with Varsic that the transfer order is erroneous and that this case meets the strict prerequisites for…