Nicholas v. TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

Filing 12

ORDER Granting 5 Motion to Change Venue. This action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Southern District of Georgia. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 11/14/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RGDG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MELVIN NICHOLAS,

Case No. 2:23-cv-01749-CDS-NJK

Plaintiff(s),

ORDER

v.

[Docket No. 5]

TMX FINANCE CORPORATE SERVICES,
INC.,
Defendant(s).

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Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion to transfer this case to the Southern District

13 of Georgia under the first-to-file rule and 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Docket No. 5. The motion was
14 filed on October 30, 2023, making the deadline to respond November 13, 2023. See Local Rule
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Plaintiff did not respond.

Accordingly, the motion to transfer is GRANTED as

16 unopposed. Local Rule 7-2(d).1 This action is hereby TRANSFERRED to the Southern District
17 of Georgia.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 14, 2023

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______________________________
Nancy J. Koppe
United States Magistrate Judge

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The undersigned resolves the motion through issuance of an order as it is well-settled that
a magistrate judge possesses the authority to decide a motion to transfer. See, e.g., Pavao v.
28 Unifund CCR Partners, 934 F. Supp. 2d 1238, 1241 n.1 (S.D. Cal. 2013) (collecting cases).
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