Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 02 C 8037. Motions Motion to transfer : Granted Judges James Byron Moran See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. BRUCE J. BARKER, Plaintiff, v. OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES MORAN, Senior District Judge This case involves a dispute arising from an employment relationship in the Northern District of Ohio. Defendant moves to transfer the case there, and the motion is granted. The only Illinois contact is that plaintiff now lives here. Otherwise, all the witnesses, several of whom are no longer employed by defendant, reside in Ohio, and Ohio law controls. Indeed, if the litigation remained here counsel would have to travel to Ohio for depositions and the witnesses would be heard at trial by deposition, unless they voluntarily chose to come here. And one has already indicated an unwillingness to do so. The convenience of the parties and witnesses, and the interests of justice, dictate that the case be transferred.