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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STANFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS, et al.,

Petitioners,

 v.

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL

UNION, LOCAL 715,

Respondent

 /

No. C-07-5158 MMC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONERS’

MOTION FOR CHANGE OF

INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT

Before the Court is petitioners’ “Motion for Change of Intradistrict Assigment,” filed

January 16, 2008, by which petitioners seek, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-2(f),

reassignment of the instant petition to the San Jose Division of the Northern District. 

Respondent has filed opposition. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of

and in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.

Pursuant to the Local Rules of this District, a civil action that arises in Santa Clara

County “shall be assigned to the San Jose Division.” See Civil L.R. 3-2(e). Petitioners

assert, and respondent does not dispute, that all of acts and omissions giving rise to the

instant action took place in Santa Clara County. Nonetheless, respondent argues, transfer

is inappropriate because, the instant action having been pending in the San Francisco

Division for three months, transfer would waste judicial resources and would prejudice

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The parties did prepare a Joint Case Management Conference Statement shortly

before petitioner filed the instant motion. (See Harland Decl. Ex. A.) Upon reassignment,

however, such statement may be refiled with minimal changes thereto.

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respondent. The undersigned has not had occasion to address any substantive claims in

the instant matter, however, and, consequently, transfer would not waste judicial resources. 

Further, there is no showing respondent has taken any action that would need to be

repeated if the matter were transferred to the proper Division, and, consequently, there is

no showing transfer would result in any prejudice to respondent.1

Accordingly, the motion is hereby GRANTED, and the matter is hereby

TRANSFERRED to the San Jose Division, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-2(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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