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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332pl Diversity-Product Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROL SMALLEY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:19-cv-02104-KJM-AC 

ORDER 

On November 11, 2019, defendant Ford Motor Company filed a document styled 

“Notice of Related Case,” asking the court to transfer this matter to the Southern District of 

California and relate the matter to a case filed in that district, Lessin, et al. v. Ford Motor 

Company, 3:19-cv-01082-AJB-AHG. ECF No. 6. The request to transfer is unopposed. Id. at 3 

(“Ford has met and conferred with counsel for Plaintiffs . . . who have agreed to not oppose 

Ford’s request for transfer.”). 

Although the filing is styled as a “Notice of Related Case,” it is clear the parties’ 

objective is to transfer this matter to the Southern District of California. Therefore, the court 

construes this filing as a motion to transfer venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1404. Under § 1404(a), “a 

district court may transfer any civil action . . . to any district or division to which all parties have 

consented.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Here, the parties agree the Southern District of California is 

the most convenient venue. ECF No. 6 at 3. Accordingly, under the provisions of § 1404(a), the 

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court orders this matter transferred to the Southern District of California.1 The Clerk of Court 

shall perform the administrative process necessary to effectuate transfer, and then CLOSE this 

case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 22, 2019. 

 

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 This court’s power to relate cases is limited to matters within its own district, see E.D. 

Cal. R. 123(c) (reassignment of matters limited to judges “sitting in the Eastern District of 

California”). Therefore, upon the transfer of this matter to the Southern District of California, the 

parties must comply with the local rules of that court should they request that court relate the 

matters. 

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