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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

CEDAR RIHANI

v. TEAM EXPRESS DISTRIBUTING, LLC

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Civil No. JFM-09-3357

OPINION Plaintiff Cedar Rihani ("Plaintiff") filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Defendant Team Express Distributing, LLC ("Team Express") asking this Court to declare a written contract, which Plaintiff signed, invalid and unenforceable. Team Express has filed a motion to dismiss this Complaint for improper venue under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3). For the reasons stated below, the Motion to Dismiss is granted. I. As part of his employment with Baseball Express, Inc., which was purchased by Team Express, Plaintiff signed a "Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement" ("the Agreement") effective January 2008. (See Pl. Cedar Rihani's Opp. to Def.'s Mot. to Dismiss for Improper Venue ("Pl.'s Response"), Ex. 1.) The Agreement included a paragraph which reads:
This Agreement, the construction of its terms, and the interpretation of the parties' rights and duties shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Maryland, and venue for all actions arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement shall be irrevocably set in Howard County, Maryland.

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