Susie Tanczos v. Life Insurance Company of North America et al

Filing 9

ORDER Granting Stipulation to Transfer Venue to the Central District of California signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 02/09/2017. CASE CLOSED. (Flores, E) [Transferred from California Eastern on 2/10/2017.]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SUSIE TANCZOS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 1:16-cv-01896-DAD-EPG

v.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NORTH AMERICA and PHILIPS
ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA
CORPORATION GROUP WELFARE
BENEFIT PLAN,

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO
TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
(Doc. No. 8)

Defendants.

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On February 2, 2017, the parties filed a stipulation to transfer this action to the Central

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District of California. (Doc. No. 8.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), “[t]he district court of a

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district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if it

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be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have

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been brought.” According to the stipulation before the court, the parties agree that plaintiff

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erroneously commenced this action in this district, and that venue is proper in the Eastern

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Division of the Central District of California pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1132(e)(2). (Doc. No. 8.)

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Finding good cause and in the interests of justice, the court will transfer this action to the U.S.

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District Court for the Central District of California in keeping with the parties’ stipulation.

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Accordingly,

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1. The parties’ stipulation to transfer this action to the Central District of California

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(Doc. No. 8) is granted;
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District

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Court for the Central District of California as soon as reasonably possible; and
3. The initial scheduling conference, currently set for March 21, 2017 before Magistrate

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Judge Erica P. Grosjean, is vacated.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 9, 2017
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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