Cienega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Aris Cienega, et al., No. 2:21-cv-00533-KJM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Echo Global Logistics, Inc., 1S Defendant. 16 Plaintiffs bring this class action alleging violations of California, Illinois and federal overtime law. Defendant Echo Global Logistics moves to transfer this matter to the Northern 19 District of Illinois. Alternatively, Echo seeks to dismiss or strike from the complaint claims one, 20 three, five, seven and eight. For the reasons stated below, the court grants the motion to transfer. 22 I. BACKGROUND Echo Global Logistics employed Aris Cienega and Zakeia Hampton as sales 24 representatives. Second Am. Compl. (SAC) 1, 22, 27, ECF No. 21. Cienega is a resident of Sacramento County and worked in Echo’s Sacramento Office for two years. Id. 21-22. Hampton is a resident of Clark County, Nevada and worked in the Chicago office for about five …