JUAN R. SÁNCHEZ, Chief District Judge.
AND NOW, this 1st day of August, 2019, upon consideration of Plaintiff Gregory Johnson's Motion for Preliminary Injunction Regarding his Advancement Claims, Defendant Farm Journal, Inc.'s Motion to Transfer Venue to the Western District of Missouri or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss, the responses in opposition thereto, the replies in support thereof, and the parties' presentations at the May 21, 2019, oral argument, and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is ORDERED:
1. Johnson's Motion for Preliminary Injunction Regarding his Advancement Claims (Document 8) is DENIED.
2. Farm Journal's Motion to Transfer Venue to the Western District of Missouri or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss (Document 13) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The Motion is GRANTED insofar as Johnson seeks transfer of this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The balance of the motion is DENIED.
The Clerk of Court is directed to TRANSFER the above-captioned case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.