Opinion
22-cv-07264-VC
02-07-2023
CURTIS BRIGHT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant.
ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE RE: DKT. NO. 14
VINCE CHHABRIA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Transfer is appropriate under both the first-to-file rule and 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The two Michigan cases were filed two months earlier than this case. And as putative nationwide class actions, these cases present substantially the same parties and issues. This case could have been brought in the Eastern District of Michigan, and transfer there will serve the convenience of the parties and witness and promote the interests of justice-as the plaintiffs acknowledge, the Eastern District of Michigan will be a convenient place to consolidate these actions and therefore avoid duplicative litigation. Dkt. No. 16 at 10.
The motion to transfer is granted, and the case is ordered transferred to the Eastern District of Michigan.
IT IS SO ORDERED.