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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Aug. 18, 2022

Arrow Electronics, Inc. v. Elna Co., Ltd.

Judge
James Donato
Docket
3:22-cv-04750
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Arrow Electronics v. Elna Co., Judge Arguello granted Arrow’s motion and transferred the action from Colorado to California.

Who this affects

Arrow Electronics, Inc. and all defendants in the action were affected because the case was ordered transferred from the District of Colorado to the Northern District of California.

What happened

In Arrow Electronics, Inc. v. Elna Co., Ltd., Arrow asked the court to move the case from Colorado to the Northern District of California. The request was based on convenience and fairness.

The defendants did not file an opposition by the deadline, and nine defendants filed notices saying they did not oppose the transfer. The court found that the relevant factors supported moving the case.

Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello granted the motion and ordered the case transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Arrow Electronics, Inc. v. Elna Co., Ltd. · No. 3:22-cv-04750
Judge
James Donato
Date
Aug. 18, 2022

Background

Arrow Electronics, Inc. sued Elna Co., Ltd., Elna America Inc., and the other listed defendants. Arrow moved under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), a federal law that allows a court to transfer a civil case for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice. The motion sought transfer to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Arrow filed the motion on July 15, 2022, and stated that the defendants opposed it. No opposition was filed by the deadline. Nine defendants filed a notice of non-opposition.

Court’s analysis

The court reviewed the motion and considered convenience and fairness. It concluded that the applicable factors supported transferring the action to the Northern District of California.

Disposition

The court granted Arrow’s Motion to Transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and ordered that the action be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

The authoritative version

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