Ei Corporation, Inc. v. Gallant Capital Partners, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA EI CORPORATION, INC., Case No.: 2:20-cv-01119-APG-NJK

Plaintiff Order

v. [ECF Nos. 22, 50, 58]

GALLANT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC; QUALITY BUILT, LLC; and JOHN GILLETT,

Defendants

Defendant Quality Built, LLC (Quality) moves to transfer venue of this case to the Southern District of California. Defendant Gallant Capital Partners, LLC (Gallant) joined Quality’s motion. Defendant John Gillett (Gillett) joined Quality’s motion and filed a separate motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or to transfer venue. Plaintiff Ei Corporation, Inc. (Ei) opposes transfer. The parties are familiar with the facts, so I do not repeat them here except where necessary to resolve the motions. I grant the motion to transfer venue and deny as moot Gillett’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. I. ANALYSIS Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), a district court may transfer a civil action to another district “[f]or the convenience…