Deleon v. Xclusive Management, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Roland DeLeon, No. 2:21-cv-01263-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v.

Xclusive Management, LLC,

1S Defendant.

Defendant Xclusive Management, LLC moves to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and to stay this litigation until that motion is resolved. See generally Mot. Transfer, ECF No. 9; Mot. Stay, ECF No. 10. Plaintiff Roland DeLeon filed a statement of nonopposition. ECF No. 12.

The parties selected “Dallas County, Texas” as the forum for any dispute “arising out of” the employment contract in question here. Astley Decl. Ex. A at 2, ECF No. 9-2. “When the parties have agreed to a valid forum-selection clause, a district court should ordinarily transfer the case to the forum specified in that clause.” Atl. Marine Const. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for W. Dist. of Texas, 571 U.S. 49, 62 (2013). The court has found no evidence in the record to show this clause is invalid. The motion to transfer is thus granted, and the motion to stay is denied as moot. All dates and deadlines are vacated. This case is closed. This order resolves ECF Nos. 9 and 10. /////

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 19, 2021.

CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE