Bonner v. Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC

Filing 14

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 7/6/2017 GRANTING 6 Motion to Change Venue; TRANSFERRING this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; DENYING 4 Motion to Dismiss as moot. CASE CLOSED. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JINETRA BONNER, individually,
on behalf of herself and all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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CIV. NO. 2:17-00936 WBS DB
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS AND
MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE

v.
TESORO REFINING & MARKETING
COMPANY LLC; a Delaware
Limited Liability Company;
and DOES 1 through 100,
inclusive,
Defendants.

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----oo0oo---Plaintiff Jinetra Bonner brought this putative class

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action against defendant Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC,

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alleging state and federal employment law violations.

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court is defendant’s Motion to dismiss and plaintiff’s Motion to

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transfer venue to the United States District Court for the

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Northern District of California.

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filed a statement of non-opposition to plaintiff’s Motion to

(Docket Nos. 4, 6.)

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Before the

Defendant

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transfer and consented to plaintiff’s request to have the case

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transferred to the Northern District of California.

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10.)

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plaintiff’s claims on June 28, 2017.

(Docket No.

The court signed a stipulated dismissal of some of

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(Docket No. 12.)

“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, a district

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court may transfer any civil action . . . to any district or

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division to which all parties have consented.”

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1404(a).

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represent that the Northern District will be more convenient

28 U.S.C. §

All parties consent to transfer this action and

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because the parties, witnesses, and evidence are in the Northern

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District, and because a related action was filed first in the

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Northern District.

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Co. LLC, Case No. 3:17-cv-123-JST (N.D. Cal.).

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See Azpeitia v. Tesoro Refining & Marketing

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion to

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transfer venue to the Northern District of California (Docket No.

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6) be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant’s Motion to

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dismiss (Docket No. 4) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED AS

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MOOT.

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Dated:

July 6, 2017

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