ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED

SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.

On December 23, 2016, defendants Experian Holdings, Inc. and Experian Information Solutions, Inc. ("Experian Defendants") filed a motion to transfer venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404. Docket No. 16. Experian Defendants ask that this case be transferred to the Central District of California, where over 40 class action lawsuits have been consolidated before the Honorable Andrew J. Guilford in In re Experian Data Breach Litigation. Id. at 1.

Plaintiff seems to be in agreement with Experian Defendants. Plaintiff, who appears pro se, sought permission to file this lawsuit from the Honorable William Alsup of this district. Case No. 15-mc-80297, Docket No. 1. Following Judge Alsup's grant of the request, plaintiff filed a notice of related case on May 5, 2016. Plaintiff informed the Court of the related case of Bhuta v. Experian, No. 8:15-cv-01592-AG-DFM, in the Central District of California, and asked the Court to transfer plaintiff's case "to the same judge assigned to the Bhuta v. Experian case." Case No. 15-mc-80297, Docket No. 5.

Defendant T-Mobile USA, Inc. has answered plaintiff's complaint and as yet has taken no position on the requests to transfer venue. See Docket Nos. 9, 12.

Accordingly, the parties are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE in writing no later than January 10, 2017, why this case should not be transferred. If the parties do not respond by January 12, 2017, this action will be transferred to the Central District of California for further proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.