DECISION AND ORDER INTRODUCTION This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1) by the Honorable William M. Skretny for all pretrial matters and to hear and report upon dispositive motions. (Dkt. Nos. 5, 18) Before the Court is defendant’s motion for transfer of venue to the District of Rhode Island. (Dkt. No. 17) For the following reasons, defendant’s motion for transfer of venue is denied. JURISDICTION Section 636 of Title 28 of the United States Code provides a list of dispositive pretrial matters which may be referred to a magistrate judge for purposes of issuing a report and recommendation for consideration by the District Court. See 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1) (authorizing magistrate judges, upon designation, to “hear and determine any pretrial matter pending before the court”). While motions for changes of venue are not listed among the types of relief in Section 636(b) that are expressly dispositive, most recent district court opinions in the Second Circuit conclude that motions for a change of venue are non-dispositive and are therefore “within the pretrial reference authority of magistrate judges.” Skolnick v. Wainer, No. 2013-CV-4694, 2013 WL 5329112 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2013). See, e.g., Alessandra v. Colvin, No. 12-CV-397, 2013 WL 4046295, *4 (W.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2013) (“A motion for change of venue is a non-dispositive pretrial matter which this Court may decide pursuant to [Section 636(b)(1)(A)] by Order.”); D’Amato v. ECHL, Inc., No. 13-CV-646, 2015 WL 2151825, *3 (W.D.N.Y. May 7, 2015) (explaining that the “Court will adhere to its more recent practice and consider the motion to change venue as non-dispositive [because it] does not end federal jurisdiction”); United States ex rel. Fisher v. Bank of America, 204 F. Supp. 3d 618, 629 (S.D.N.Y. 2016) (“Because a motion to transfer venue is non-dispositive, this Court [will] adjudicate it by order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1)(A).”); Kasparov v. Ambit Tex., LLC, No. 12-CV-3488, 2016 WL 10749156, at *5 n.4 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2016) (“The majority view within this circuit is that a magistrate judge has the authority to grant the non-dispositive relief sought in a motion to transfer venue.”); Salgado v. NYS Dep’t of Corrections and Community Supervision, No. 13-CV-01108, 2018 WL 1663255, at *2 (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 6, 2018) (“[m]ajority of recent district court opinions in the Second Circuit conclude that motions for a change of venue are non-dispositive”) (collecting cases). Thus, pursuant to Section 636(b)(1)(A) and in accordance with recent precedent, the Court denies defendant’s motion for transfer of venue in the form of a decision and order. RELEVANT FACTS AND BACKGROUND Plaintiff Buffalo Newspress Inc. (hereinafter “Buffalo Newspress” or “plaintiff”) commenced this action in Erie County Supreme Court on November 29, 2018 against defendant Adlife Marketing & Communications Co. Inc. (hereinafter “Adlife” or “defendant”). (Dkt. No. 1) The complaint alleges that Buffalo Newspress is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York with an office and place of business located at 200 Broadway, Buffalo, New York, and that Adlife is a foreign corporation with offices located at 38 Church Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Id.) It is alleged that Buffalo Newspress provided goods and services to Adlife from in or about March 2016 through November 2018, as reflected on invoices, and that Adlife agreed to pay for those goods and services. (Id.) Buffalo Newspress alleges that Adlife has defaulted in the payment for the goods and services in the total sum of $1,684,437.40, together with interest. (Id.) Buffalo Newspress asserts claims for breach of contract, account stated (based on the invoices allegedly received by Adlife but not objected to), unjust enrichment, and quantum meruit. (Id.) Adlife timely removed the lawsuit to this Court on January 11, 2019, based on diversity jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1332(a) of Title 28 of the United States Code. (Id.) On January 18, 2019, Adlife filed an answer to the complaint which included counterclaims against Buffalo Newspress. (Dkt. No. 2) The answer states that Buffalo Newspress is a printing company that specializes in retail advertising through print circulars in weekly newspapers. (Id. at
33-34) Adlife works with grocery stores to design and print circular advertisements for placement in local newspapers. (Id. at 35) Adlife includes photographs of food products in designing the circulars and is the copyright owner of thousands of photographs depicting various food products. (Id. at
