Trujillo v. Conrad ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE TRUJILLO, Case No. 1:19-cv-01627 -SAB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE 12 COURT TO TERMINATE J. C. PENNEY v. COMPANY, INC. AS A PARTY IN THIS 13 ACTION ETHAN CONRAD, et al., 14 (ECF No. 57) Defendants. 15 16 On December 17, 2020, a stipulation was filed dismissing Defendant J. C. Penney 17 Corporation as a party in this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). Rule 18 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a party to dismiss some or all of the 19 defendants in an action through a Rule 41(a) notice. Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 20 692 (9th Cir. 1997); see also Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The 21 plaintiff may dismiss either some or all of the defendants—or some or all of his claims—through 22 a Rule 41(a)(1) notice.”)); but see Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 23 683, 687 (9th Cir. 2005) (The Ninth Circuit has “only extended the rule to allow the dismissal of 24 all claims against one defendant, so that a defendant may be dismissed from the entire action.”). 25 “Filing a notice of voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the action as to 26 the defendants who are the subjects of the notice.” Concha, 62 F.3d at 1506. 27 / / / 1 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to terminate J. C. Penney as a 2 | defendant in this action. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 5 Dated: _ December 18, 2020 ‘ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28