Westerman
Westerman v. FTI Consulting, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6
EDWARD WESTERMAN,
7 Case No. 24-cv-04118-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 9 TRANSFER OR, IN THE FTI CONSULTING, INC., et al., ALTERNATIVE, TO STAY 10 Defendants. REDACTED 11
12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 22, 67
13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 On December 18, 2024, Defendant FTI Consulting, Inc. and FTI Consulting LLC 16 (collectively, “FTI”) brought a Motion to Transfer or, in the Alternative, to Stay (“Motion”), 17 asking the Court to transfer this action to the District Court for the District of Columbia (“the D.C. 18 Court”), where an action previously filed by FTI against the plaintiff in this case, Edward 19 Westerman, is pending. See dkt. no. 68, Request for Judicial Notice, Exhibit B (FTI Consulting, 20 Inc. v. Edward Westerman, No. 1:24-cv-01055 (D.D.C., filed Apr. 12, 2024) (“D.C. Action”)). 21 Alternatively, FTI asks the Court to stay this case pending resolution of the D.C. Action. The 22 …