Rehburg

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff alleges that her horse was injured while being unloaded from a horse trailer. Plaintiff filed her complaint on May 18, 2018 in the Third Judicial District Court in Dona Ana County, New Mexico against the carrier, Defendant Bob Hubbard Horse Transportation, Inc. In her Amended Complaint, she alleges that Defendant is liable under the Carmack Amendment pursuant to 49 USCA § 14706(a). Specifically, she alleges that Defendant is liable for actual loss or injury caused by the delivery carrier under a lawful bill of lading. Doc. 51, p. 3. Plaintiff hired Defendant, a horse transportation carrier, to transport her racehorse Full Regalia from Del Mar, California, to Double LL Farm, located in Bosque, New Mexico. Defendant picked up Full Regalia on or around August 9, 2016. The horse arrived at Double LL Farms on or around August 10, 2016. As the horse was unloaded from the second level of Defendant’s trailer, it sustained an injury to its ankle which required surgical treatment. Defendant seeks to change venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404(a) from this Court to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, for the convenience…