Bryant v. ITT Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Before the court is defendants ITT Industries, Inc. (“ITT”) 1 and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.’s (“MetLife”) motion to transfer this case to the Western District of Kentucky pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). For reasons that follow, the court grants the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Joyce Bryant (“Bryant”) is, and has been since at least 1996, a resident of Beaver Dam, Kentucky. Bryant is suing ITT and MetLife to recover disability income benefits that Bryant claims are due to her under an employee welfare benefit plan which provides group…