Jeremy Parr -v- Stevens Transport Inc.

INTRODUCTION

20 In this putative class action, defendants move to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction 21 or, in the alternative, to transfer venue. To the extent stated below, the motion to dismiss is 22 DENIED and the motion to transfer is GRANTED. 23

STATEMENT

24 This is a putative wage-and-hour class action brought by three named plaintiffs, Jeremy 25 Parr, Ronald Castle, and Julie Vines, on behalf of nationwide truck drivers who performed work 26 in California, against defendants Stevens Transport, Inc., Stevens Transport CD, Inc., and 27 Stevens Transport TL, Inc. (Amd. Compl. ¶ 1) (Dkt. No. 32). Defendants share staff and office 28 1 space and are referred to collectively as Stevens Transport (Adams Decl. ¶¶ 5, 10, 25) (Dkt. 2 No. 37-1). 3 Stevens Transport provides trucking services throughout the United States. Stevens 4 Transport, Inc. and Stevens Transport CD are motor carriers who hire and employ truck drivers 5 to haul and deliver freight, while Stevens Transport TL brokers contracts between motor carriers 6 and shippers. All defendants are incorporated in Texas and have their corporate headquarters in 7 Dallas (Adams Decl. ¶¶ 5–6, 10, 25). 8 …