STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER ACTION TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs hereby submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Transfer this Action to the Southern District of New York Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2013, the above-captioned action was filed with this Court (ECF No. 1);

WHEREAS, on December 5, 2013, this Court appointed Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel in this Action (ECF No. 43);

WHEREAS, on February 3, 2014, Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Complaint (ECF No. 48);

WHEREAS, between April 4, 2014 and July 10, 2014, the Parties to this action fully briefed Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (see ECF Nos. 53-55, 58, and 65);

WHEREAS, on October 15, 2014, this Court entered an Order to Show Cause as to why this case should not be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (ECF No. 68);

WHEREAS, in its Order to Show Cause, the Court directed that "[a]lternatively, the parties may file a stipulation requesting that this case be transferred to the Southern District of New York under § 1404(a)"; and

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agree that this case should be transferred to the Southern District of New York;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by all parties through their respective counsel of record, that:

1. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404(a), this action shall be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

STIPULATED AND AGREED TO.

PURSUANT TO THIS STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.