Opinion
Case No. CV 11 4815 PJH
11-23-2011
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMISSION, Plaintiff, v. MAITA CHEVROLET GEO, Defendant.
ERIC C. BELLAFRONTO, Bar No. 162102 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. Attorneys for Defendant MAITA CHEVROLET GEO
ERIC C. BELLAFRONTO, Bar No. 162102
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Attorneys for Defendant
MAITA CHEVROLET GEO
STIPULATION TO TRANSFER VENUE
AND ORDER
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") and Maita Chevrolet Geo ("Maita"), by and through their respective attorneys, Cindy O'Hara for the EEOC and Eric C. Bellafronto of Littler Mendelson for Maita, that the proper venue for this matter is the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. This stipulation is made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1404(b), which provides in pertinent part, that "[u]pon . . . stipulation of all parties, any action, suit or proceeding of a civil nature or any motion or hearing thereof, may be transferred, in the discretion of the court, from the division in which pending to any other division in the same district." The parties agree that venue is proper in the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1404(a), which provides in pertinent part, as follows: "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought." The parties agree that this action could have been properly brought in the Eastern District of California and that the convenience of the parties and witnesses is furthered by the transfer of this matter because the alleged actions occurred in the Eastern District and most witnesses reside there. The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court transfer this matter to Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.
SO STIPULATED
By: _______________
ERIC C. BELLAFRONTO
Attorneys for Defendant
MAITA CHEVROLET GEO
By: _______________
CINDY O'HARA
Attorneys for Plaintiff
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
IT IS SO ORDERED,
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Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton