Erami v. JPMorgan Chase Bank

Filing 12

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 6/3/15. CASE TRANSFERRED to the Northern District of California. (Manzer, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MITRA ERAMI, individually and on
behalf of other members of the general
public similarly situated,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:15-cv-0727-MCE-EFB

ORDER

v.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Defendant.

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This is a wage and hour class action originally filed by Plaintiff Mitra Erami in the

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Solano County Superior Court and removed to this Court under the provisions of the

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Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Presently before the

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Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California (ECF

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No. 8). According to Plaintiff’s counsel, he was under the mistaken belief that Plaintiff

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worked in Solano County rather than on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, California.

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According to attorney Wynne, because of that error, he filed in Solano County rather

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than Alameda County, where the City of Berkeley is located. Decl. of Edward J. Wynne,

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ECF No. 8-2, ¶¶ 2-3. Alameda County is within the Northern District of California.

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In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), Plaintiff represents that venue in the

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Northern District is more convenient both for witnesses and the parties, and that the

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interests of justice will accordingly be served by such a transfer. He points out that

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Plaintiff worked in Berkeley, lives in Richmond, and that most of his fellow employees

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and supervisors likely live in the area encompassed by the Northern District. Plaintiff’s

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counsel informed the Court that he met and conferred with defense counsel on April 16,

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2015, and that Defendant does not oppose Plaintiff’s transfer request. Wynne Decl., ¶ 4.

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Indeed, no opposition has been filed.

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Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer (ECF No. 8), is GRANTED.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), the above-captioned case is hereby transferred to the

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United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 3, 2015

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