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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 || PETER ERIC PIERMAN, Case No.: 3: 19-cv-00679-BEN-MDD Platt) ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS 13 || MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE 14 || STRYKER CORPORATION and ALTERNATIVE, TO TRANSFER HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP, (Doe. No. 6] Defendants. 17 Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, Transfer. The Court has reviewed and considered all the briefing filed with respect to’ Defendants Motion and concludes that oral argument is not necessary to resolve the ||Motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. Defendants Motion is DENIED. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Peter Eric Pierman (“Plaintiff”), is a citizen of the State of California, who ||resides in San Diego County. (Doc. No. 6.) Defendant, Stryker Corporation 25 || CStryker”) is a Michigan corporation with its principal place of business in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Jd. J 7. …