Maiola
Maiola v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JOSEPH N. MAIOLA, Case No. 19-cv-05946-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO
v. THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL Re: ECF No.
CENTER,
15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Joseph Maiola, who lives in Yuma, Arizona and is representing himself, sued the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, which is located in Maryland, claiming that in 1978, there was a “premeditated switch of a newborn baby at GBMC with another newborn,” causing him (the baby’s father) and his family severe emotional distress.1 All events took place in the District of Maryland. The Center is located in Towson, Maryland.2 Venue thus is not in the Northern District of California and instead is in the District of Maryland.
26 1 Compl. – ECF No. 1 at 7. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated…