Opinion
20-CV-1996 (JMF)
03-17-2020
ALFONZO FORNEY, Plaintiff,, v. QUALITY FACILITY SOLUTIONS CORP., Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
:
Plaintiff Alonzo Forney initiated this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., by filing a Complaint on March 5, 2020. ECF No. 1. The allegations concern alleged discrimination Plaintiff suffered while working for Defendant in Brooklyn, New York — which is located in the Eastern District of New York, not the Southern District of New York. Id. ¶ 18. The Court gave Plaintiff an opportunity to show cause why the case should not be transferred in the interest of justice and provided that "[i]f Plaintiff does not respond . . . by March 13, 2020, the Court will transfer the case to the Eastern District of New York without further notice." ECF No. 5. To date, Plaintiff has not filed a response.
Under Section 1404(a), the Court may transfer the case "to any other district . . . where it might have been brought" "[f]or the convenience of the parties and witnesses" and "in the interest of justice." 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Given that the events giving rise to Plaintiff's claims substantially occurred in Brooklyn, this case could properly have been brought in the Eastern District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). The Court finds that the convenience of the parties and witnesses and the interest of justice would be served by transferring the case there.
Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this case to the Eastern District of New York forthwith (i.e., without waiting the seven days specified in Local Civil Rule 83.1) and to close the case on this Court's docket.
SO ORDERED. Dated: March 17, 2020
New York, New York
/s/_________
JESSE M. FURMAN
United States District Judge