Sierra School Equipment Company v. Lafayette Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SIERRA SCHOOL EQUIPMENT Case No. 1:23-cv-01496-JLT-CDB
COMPANY,
ORDER ON STIPULATION Plaintiff, TRANSFERRING ACTION TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA v. (Doc. 38)
LAFAYETTE LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 14 Pending before the Court is the stipulation of Plaintiff Sierra School Equipment Company and Defendants The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, Pensionlabs Incorporated and Michael Holman, filed March 19, 2024, for order transferring this action to the Central District of California. (Doc. 38). The parties represent that transfer is warranted given that an earlier-filed action pending in that District (Anthony Di Bernardo, et al. v. The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, et al., Case No. 8:23-cv-01035-FWS-KES (C.D. Cal.)) raises similar issues of law and fact as alleged in the action pending before this Court. Id. Under the first-to-file rule, a court may…