Saunders

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO TRANSFER

Re: Dkt. No.

In this putative class action initiated by Plaintiffs Richard E. Saunders and Ernestine E. Saunders (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), presently before the court is Defendant USAA Life Insurance Company’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Transfer the case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. See Docket Item No. 22. Plaintiffs have filed written opposition to the motion, and the court found this matter suitable for decision without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-l(b).

Federal jurisdiction arises pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 . Having carefully considered the pleadings filed by the parties, the court finds, concludes and orders as follows:

1. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1404(a), “a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or to any district or division to which all parties have consented” if such a transfer is con *1060 venient to the parties and witnesses. The purpose of § 1404(a) is to “prevent the waste of time, energy, and money and to protect litigants, witnesses, and the public against unnecessary inconvenience and…