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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN HEINZ, No. 2:22-cv-02058-TLN-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Mazda Motors of America, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Stay or Dismiss, or, in the alternative, Transfer Venue. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff filed an opposition. (ECF No. 11.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 12.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby GRANTS in part Defendant’s motion. Plaintiff filed the instant class action against Defendant for acts and omissions related to an alleged defect in Defendant’s class of vehicles. (ECF No. 1 at 1–3.) It is undisputed that a substantially similar class action matter, Gary Guthrie, et al. v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., Case No. 22-cv-1055-DOC (“Guthrie”), is currently pending in the Central District of California. (ECF No. 9-1 at 1; ECF No. 11 at 1–5.) Given Guthrie, Defendant moves to stay, dismiss, or 26 …