Karen Read’s civil complaint against defendants who she argues killed John O’Keefe and then conspired to frame her for his murder has been transferred to federal court, with the judge who sentenced Whitey Bulger assigned to the case.

According to records, Read’s civil complaint has been removed from Bristol Superior Court and transferred to the U.S. District Court in Boston, following a request from the attorney for the Alberts, McCabes and Brian Higgins.

Attorney Jim Tuxbury, representing the so-called “house defendants,” filed the request in Bristol Superior on Tuesday, a week after Read and her defense team sued witnesses they point to as “third parties” for O’Keefe’s death and members of the Massachusetts State Police involved in the murder investigation.

The docket in Bristol Super

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