Stoer Construction Inc. v. Benson Security Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STOER CONSTRUCTION INC., Case No. 21-cv-08692-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE TRANSFER

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 2 BENSON SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC., et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Defendants’ motion to transfer venue, Dkt. No. 2, is suitable for decision without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The hearing set for March 10, 2022, is vacated. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the motion is granted.1 The transfer request may be analyzed under 28 U.S.C. § 1412, and the parties do not dispute that an analysis under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) would not be substantively different. Dkt. No. 2 at 7-9; Dkt. No. 11. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1412, “[a] district court may transfer a case or proceeding under title 11 to a district court for another district, in the interest of justice or for the convenience of the parties.” Section 1412 transfers have been found to be appropriate for proceedings that are related to a bankruptcy case. See, e.g., SenoRx, Inc. v. Coudert Brothers, LLP, No.…