Davis, M.D. v. New York Life Insurance Company
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 ALEXANDER A. DAVIS, M.D., Case No. 23-cv-02955-AMO
7 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
8 v. TRANSFER
9 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE Re: Dkt. No. 27
COMPANY,
10 Defendant.
11 12 Before the Court is Defendant New York Life Insurance Company’s (“NYL”) motion to 13 transfer. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. See Civil 14 L.R. 7-6. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the 15 relevant legal authority, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion for the following reasons. 16 I. BACKGROUND 17 Plaintiff Alexander Davis (“Davis”) is a resident of Modesto, California. Ex. A, Disability 18 Claim Form (ECF 27-2) at 2.1 Davis is an orthopedic surgeon who is a policyholder of a Long 19 Term Disability Income Insurance policy issued by NYL. ECF 2-4 (“Compl.”) ¶ 9. Davis 20 suffered serious mental health issues, id. ¶ 1, and received treatment from two medical 21 practitioners in Modesto, Dr. Peter…