Cochran
Cochran v. Accellion, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 4 RICKY COCHRAN, et al., Case No. 5:21-cv-01887-EJD Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
TRANSFER; DENYING MOTION TO
v. SEPARATE CASE ACCELLION, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 38, 53 Defendants. On July 12, 2021, James Martin moved in this Court to transfer a case that he filed in the Southern District of Indiana to the Northern District of California. Dkt. No. 38. This transfer 12 || request is filed in the wrong court. 28 U.S.C. § 1404(b) requires that the motion to transfer be
13 || filed with the court where the plaintiff's action is filed, i.e., the proposed transferor court. See
v || Mechoshade Sys., Inc. v. Draper, Inc., 2011 WL 1576092, at *3 (D. Ariz. Apr. 27, 2011) (“This
Court cannot order courts of another district to transfer their cases here.”). Here, Mr. Martin has 16 || improperly filed his motion with the proposed…