Jacobson v. Ford Motor Company ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAN JACOBSON, 1:22-cv-00826-ADA-CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE 13 v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF 14 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CALIFORNIA 15 Defendant. 16 17 On July 5, 2022, Plaintiff Dan Jacobson (“Plaintiff”) filed an action against Defendant Ford 18 Motor Company for alleged violations of the Song-Beverly Act, Cal. Civil Code § 1790 et seq. 19 (ECF No. 1). 20 During a conference with the parties on October 27, 2022, based on the absence of facts and 21 allegations in the complaint regarding the connection between the claims and the Eastern District 22 of California, the Court sought clarification as to whether venue was proper in the Eastern District 23 of California. (ECF No. 17). Afterwards, the Court ordered the parties to meet and confer and file 24 a joint report setting forth the parties’ positions regarding transfer of venue. (ECF No. 18). On 25 November 3, 2022, the parties filed their joint report in which they acknowledged meeting and 26 conferring and resolving that this action should be transferred to the Northern District of California. 27 In the interest of justice, a federal court may transfer a case filed in the wrong district to the 28 correct district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 932 (D.C. Cir. 1974). 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is transferred to the United States 2 | District Court for the Northern District of California. 3 | IT IS SO ORDERED. ‘ Dated: _ November 8, 2022 | Ww VL D R~ 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28