brought.” (emphasis added). Hence, it plainly authorizes only the transfer of an entire lawsuit. In re Flight Transp. Corp. Sec. Litig., 764 F.2d 515, 516 (8th Cir.1985) (§ 1404(a) “contemplates a plenary transfer”); see also Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Country Chrysler, Inc., 928 F.2d 1509, 1518 (10th Cir.1991) (“Section 1404(a) only authorizes the transfer of an entire action, not individual claims.”). To accomplish what DuPont and Huntsman seek, therefore, the Court must proceed in two steps. First, it must sever the claims against these Defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21, creating entirely new civil actions against them, and only then may it transfer the severed civil actions pursuant to § 1404(a). See Toro Co. v. Alsop, 565 F.2d 998, 1000 (8th Cir.1977) (per curiam) (<HOLDING>). But while the second step of this process — §
holding that the rule 21 severance rendered the district court verdict a final and appealable judgment under 28 usc  1291 recognizing rule holding the indemnification claims to be severable under rule 21 from the primary liability inquiry recognizing district court application of the same rule recognizing propriety of district court severing claims under rule 21 and then transferring them under  1404a