Opinion
21 Misc. 493 (AT)
06-25-2021
Round Hill Investments LLC, f/k/a Metropoulos & Co. LLC and d/b/a Metropoulos & Co, Movant, v. Mark J. Patane, Jnlie Harding, Heather Hanigan, Stephen S. Shapiro, Catherine Porter, Erica Russell, Tina Moretti, Bridget Kopet, Jennifer S. Cole, Benjamin A. Fletcher, Diane Bogdan, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents.
ORDER
ANALISA TORRES, DISTRICT JUDGE
On June 18, 2021, Movant, Round Hill Investments LLC, initiated this matter, a motion to quash a subpoena issued by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in Patane v. Nestle Waters North Am., Inc., No. 17 Civ. 1381. ECF No. 1. On June 23, 2021, Movant filed a motion to transfer this matter to the District of Connecticut, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(f). ECF No. 6. Under Rule 45(f), "[w]hen the court where compliance is required did not issue the subpoena, it may transfer a motion under this rule to the issuing court if the person subject to the subpoena consents." Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(f). Compliance is required in this Court, and this Court did not issue the disputed subpoena. Respondents, the parties subject to the subpoena, have indicated that they consent to this transfer. ECF No. 5. Accordingly, Movant's motion to transfer is granted.
The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the District of Connecticut, to terminate the motions at ECF Nos. 1 and 6, and to close this case.
SO ORDERED.