Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELIZABETH HICKS, an Individual on Case No.: 22-CV-2038 JLS (DDL) behalf of herself and all others similarly 12 situated and the general public, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE Plaintiff,

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404

14 v. (ECF No. 2) GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES, INC., a Corporation with Headquarters in California; and DOES 1–100, inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Presently before the Court is Defendant Grimmway Enterprises, Inc.’s Motion to Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404 (“Mot.,” ECF No. 2). Plaintiff Elizabeth Hicks filed a Response in Opposition to (“Opp’n,” ECF No. 10), and Defendant filed a Reply in Support of (“Reply,” ECF No. 12), the Motion. Having considered the Parties’ briefing and the law, the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion. BACKGROUND In this putative class action, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, a California agricultural corporation, misrepresented the…