Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01696/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01696-3/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN HELDT,

Plaintiff,

v.

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, LTD.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01696-YGR 

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION 

TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE CENTRAL 

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Re: Dkt. No. 22

Now pending before the Court is defendant Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.’s motion to 

transfer venue to the Central District of California. (Dkt. No. 22.) Transfer under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 

1404(a) to a venue where the case could have been brought is up to the discretion of the Court 

after an “individualized, case-by-case consideration of convenience and fairness.” Stewart Org. v. 

Ricoh Corp., 487 U.S. 22, 29 (1988). The Ninth Circuit has recognized at least ten factors a 

district court may consider in its analysis under Section 1404(a). Jones v. GNC Franchising, Inc.

et al., 211 F.3d 495 (9th Cir. 2000). The Court has carefully reviewed the papers submitted and 

considered issues of convenience and fairness, and finds that transfer to the Central District of 

California is not appropriate. Assuming without deciding that the case could have been brought in 

the Central District, defendant has failed to show that the Central District is more convenient or 

that transfer would serve the interests of justice. Accordingly, defendant’s motion is DENIED and 

the hearing scheduled for August 11, 2015, is hereby VACATED.

This order terminates Docket No. 22. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 16, 2015 ______________________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Case 4:15-cv-01696-YGR Document 44 Filed 07/16/15 Page 1 of 1