Lowell
Lowell v. United Behavioral Health
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 TAMAR LOWELL, ET AL., CASE NO. 20-cv-01989-YGR
6 Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO TRANSFER
7 vs. Re: Dkt. No. 20 8 UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ET AL., 9 Defendants.
10 Plaintiffs Tamar and Thomas Lowell bring this action under the Employment Retirement 11 Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) on behalf of themselves and their beneficiary son, A.L., 12 related to a denial of benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan. Now before the Court is a 13 motion to transfer this action to either the United States District Courts for the District of 14 Washington or the District of Montana, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1404(a) and 29 U.S.C. 15 section 1132(e)(2), filed by defendants United Behavioral Health (“UBH”) and United Healthcare 16 Insurance Company. 17 “For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may 18 transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought.” 28 19 U.S.C. § 1404(a). If the action could…