Tito v. Westlake Financial Services, LLC ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 APELU L. TITO, Case No. 1:20-cv-01262-NONE-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET 13 v. TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 14 WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, (ECF No. 8) 15 Defendant. 16 17 This action was filed on September 4, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) On December 3, 2020, 18 Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice and with each party to bear their 19 own costs and attorney fees pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 20 “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his 21 action prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.’ ” 22 Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999) 23 (quoting Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997)). The Ninth Circuit has 24 held that Rule 41(a) allows a plaintiff to dismiss without a court order any defendant who has yet 25 to serve an answer or motion for summary judgment. Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609 (9th 26 Cir. 1993). “[A] dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no court order is required, 27 the parties are left as though no action had been brought, the defendant can’t complain, and the district court lacks jurisdiction to do anything about it.” Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc., 193 1 | F.3d at 1078. In this action, no defendant has filed an answer or other responsive pleading. 2 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY DIRECTED to assign a district judge to 3 | this case for the purpose of closing the case and then to adjust the docket to reflect voluntary 4 | dismissal of this action pursuant to Rule 41(a). 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. F- 2 ee 7 | Dated: _December 4, 2020 __ ef UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28