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*1007 Order Transferring Case to the District of South Carolina [Doc. No. 39]

This matter is before the Court on a Motion to Dismiss Complaint or in the Alternative to Transfer Venue by Defendants Complete Payment Recovery Services, Inc. (“CPRS”), Certegy Check Services, Inc. (“CCS”), and Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (“FNIS” and together with CPRS and CCS, “Defendants”). For the reasons set forth below, the Court transfers this action to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

I. Background

Plaintiff Angela Johnson (“Johnson”) is a South Carolina resident. She alleges that in September 2011 her husband (also a South Carolina resident) entered into a contract with Home Depot Home Services (“Home Depot”) to perform work on his home (located in South Carolina). Her husband provided his South Carolina cell phone number on the application for this work. Beginning in March 2012, Johnson allegedly began receiving unsolicited calls to her cell phone concerning her husband’s alleged debt to Home Depot. Johnson alleges that she “believes” she was initially contacted by CPRS, CCS, “and/or” FNIS, and that the call or calls were placed via an…