Johnson v. Siemens Industry, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON JOHNSON,

Case No. 23-cv-01562-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER

SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.,

13 Defendant.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Brandon Johnson filed this action against his former employer Siemens Industry, Inc. on behalf of himself and a putative nationwide, opt-in, class of his fellow employees, alleging failure to pay overtime wages, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et. seq. (“FLSA”). Siemens moves to transfer the case to the Central District of California where a nearly identical FLSA action was previously filed by the same plaintiff’s counsel. For the reasons set out below, the motion will be granted. 23 II. BACKGROUND Johnson is represented in this action by Lebe Law, APLC. In March of 2022, the Lebe firm filed Chanielle Enomoto v. Siemens Industry, Inc., Case No.…