Michael Hofrath v. Financial Partners Credit Union

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION

MICHAEL HOFRATH, )

) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-03212-JPH-TAB )

FINANCIAL PARTNERS CREDIT UNION, )

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, )

LLC, )

) Defendants. )

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

Plaintiff sued Financial Partners Credit Union and Equifax Information Services in this Court in December 2020, alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Dkt. 1. Defendant Financial Partners filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Dkt. [9]. Rather than responding to the motion to dismiss, Plaintiff moved to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Dkt. [16]. Equifax has consented to this transfer, dkt. 16 at 3 ¶ 5, but Financial Partners opposes it, dkt. 17. "[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" "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of…