Burrus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KIKISHIA BURRUS, Case No. 3:22-cv-05297-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. TRANSFER VENUE

ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 13 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Kikishia Burrus filed this putative wage and hour class action in Santa Clara County Superior Court, and defendants Elevance Health Companies (f.k.a. the Anthem Companies, Inc.) and Elevance Health, Inc. (collectively, “Elevance”) removed it to federal court. Elevance now moves to transfer the case to the Central District of California. Under Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), I find this matter appropriate for resolution without oral argument and VACATE the hearing on December 21, 2022. Burrus is a citizen of Los Angeles, in the Central District, and the defendants are citizens of Indiana. All of the events giving rise to Burrus’ claims (as opposed to those giving rise to the claims of putative class members, as described below) arose in the Eastern and Central…