28 U.S.C. § 1404 : US Code - Section 1404: Change of venue

Search 28 U.S.C. § 1404 : US Code - Section 1404: Change of venue

(a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest
of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any
other district or division where it might have been brought.
(b) Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all parties, any
action, suit or proceeding of a civil nature or any motion or
hearing thereof, may be transferred, in the discretion of the
court, from the division in which pending to any other division in
the same district. Transfer of proceedings in rem brought by or on
behalf of the United States may be transferred under this section
without the consent of the United States where all other parties
request transfer.
(c) A district court may order any civil action to be tried at
any place within the division in which it is pending.
(d) As used in this section, the term "district court" includes
the District Court of Guam, the District Court for the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and
the term "district" includes the territorial jurisdiction of each
such court.