Jones
Jones v. BergElectric Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MELVIN KEITH JONES, Case No. 20-cv-08467-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
TRANSFER VENUE
v. Re: Dkt. No. 26 BERGELECTRIC INC., et al., Defendants.
12 Presently before the Court is Defendant Bergelectric Corp.’s motion to change venue to the Eastern District of California. Dkt. Nos. 26 (“Mot.”). Plaintiff Melvin Jones does not oppose the transfer. Dkt. No. 27. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion and TRANSFERS this action to the Eastern District of California. I. LEGAL STANDARD “For the convenience of the parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought . . . .” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The transfer statute exists “to prevent the waste ‘of…