Ismael Negrete Moreno v. US Foods Inc., et al.

Opinion

1 2 3 6 7 ISMAEL NEGRETE MORENO, Case No. 25-cv-10818-JD 8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE TRANSFER 9 v. 10 US FOODS INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 2

13 The case is transferred to the Eastern District of California. The facts and claims 14 substantially overlap with very similar cases pending in that District. Substantial gains in 15 efficiency and economy of judicial and party resources weigh strongly in favor of a transfer, as a 16 || does the avoidance of potentially conflicting orders and rulings. Plaintiff Moreno did not file a 17 motion to remand the case to state court, and so an objection to transfer on grounds of a remand Zz 18 |] request are misdirected. In addition, transfer is a non-merits issue that the Court may address 19 without resolving a jurisdiction question first. See Jiminez v. Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC, 20 No. 3:22-cv-04550-JD, 2023 WL 309049, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Jan 18, 2023) (citing Sinochem □□□□□ 21 Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia Int’l Shipping Corp., 549 U.S. 422, 432 (2007)). 23 Dated: March 27, 2026 24 25 26 JAMES PONATO United States District Judge 27 28