Mann v. United States of America ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AVNINDER MANN and RASHVINDER No. 1:19-cv-01354-NONE-SKO SRA, dba A-1 LIQUOR, 12 Plaintiffs, 13 ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO vs. TERMINATE DEFENDANT UNITED 14 STATES DEPARTMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and AGRICULTURE 15 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; (Doc. 15) 16 17 Defendants. 18 19 20 On October 6, 2020, the parties filed a Stipulated Dismissal of Defendant United States 21 Department of Agriculture, on grounds that Defendant United States of America is the only proper 22 defendant in the action, which is brought under 7 U.S.C. §2023. (See Doc. 15.) 23 In relevant part, Rule 41(a)(1)(A) provides as follows: 24 [A] plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for 25 summary judgment; or (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. 26 27 Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A). “The plaintiff may dismiss some or all of the defendants, or some or 28 all of [their] claims, through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice,” and the dismissal “automatically terminates 1 the action as to the defendants who are the subjects of the notice.” Wilson v. City of San Jose, 2 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). 3 The parties filed their stipulation of voluntary dismissal before Defendant United States 4 Department of Agriculture served either an answer or a motion for summary judgment. As such, 5 Plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed Defendant United States Department of Agriculture and this 6 case has automatically terminated as to that defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A). Accordingly, 7 the Clerk of Court is directed to TERMINATE United States Department of Agriculture. 8 This case shall remain OPEN pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ case against the remaining 9 defendant. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 Sheila K. Oberto 12 Dated: October 9, 2020 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28