What is the test for transferring a case from a federal district to another federal district?

Under 28 U.S.C. 1404(a), a court may transfer a case to another district for "the convenience of the parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice," and "to prevent the waste of time, energy and money and to protect litigants, witnesses and the public against unnecessary inconvenience and expense." Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U.S. 612, 616 (1964) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). "Section 1404(a) provides for transfer to a more

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convenient forum, not to a forum likely to prove equally convenient or inconvenient." Id. at 645-46.