The court denied intervenors' motions to sever and transfer plaintiff's actions against them for improper venue because intervenors waived venue through their intervention. "By definition, an intervenor is '[s]omeone who voluntarily enters a pending lawsuit because of a personal stake in it.' This choice to intervene (or consent to proceed in a particular jurisdiction and venue) has real and far-reaching consequences. . . . [T]he intervenors cannot now question the propriety or convenience of a venue they chose to enter. The intervenors voluntarily entered this proceeding and now must litigate in this, their chosen venue."
Team Worldwide Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al, 2-17-cv-00235 (TXED February 13, 2018, Order) (Gilstrap, USDJ)
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