Richardson v. Tesla, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOEL RICHARDSON, Case No.: 23cv2151-L-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. TRANSFER VENUE

TESLA, INC. dba TESLA MOTORS, [ECF No. 6] INC. et al., 15 Defendants.

Pending before the Court in this putative consumer class action is Defendants’ motion to transfer venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1401(a) to the Northern District of California, where a parallel putative consumer class action has been pending since September 14, 2022. Matsuko v. Tesla, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct. N. Dist. Cal. case no. 3:22cv05240-RFL. (See ECF No. 6.) Plaintiff, represented by counsel, has not filed an opposition. The time to oppose has elapsed. See Civ. Local R. 7.1(e)(2). Because it is unclear whether Plaintiff’s counsel is a registered user of the Court’s CM/ECF system, Defendant served its motion and subsequent notice of non-opposition by mailing the documents to Plaintiff’s counsel by first class U.S. mail on December 21, 2023. (ECF 26 …