Great American Insurance Company v. Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE Case No. 1: 21-cv-01556-AWI-SAB COMPANY, 12 ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE Plaintiff, COURT TO TERMINATE HIGHWAY 13 EXPRESS LINES, INC. AS A DEFENDANT v. IN THIS ACTION 14 CARDINAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (ECF No. 15) 15 CORPORATION, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 On January 27, 2022, the Plaintiff filed notice of dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of 19 Civil Procedure 41(a) of Defendant Highway Express Lines, Inc. (ECF No. 15.) The claims 20 against the other named Defendants are not subject to the dismissal and will remain active. (Id.) 21 Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a party to dismiss some or all 22 of the defendants in an action through a Rule 41(a) notice. Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 23 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997); see also Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The 24 plaintiff may dismiss either some or all of the defendants—or some or all of his claims—through 25 a Rule 41(a)(1) notice.”)); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687 26 (9th Cir. 2005) (The Ninth Circuit has “only extended the rule to allow the dismissal of all claims 27 against one defendant, so that a defendant may be dismissed from the entire action.”). “Filing a notice of voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the action as to the 1 | defendants who are the subjects of the notice.” Concha, 62 F.3d at 1506. 2 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to terminate Defendant Highway 3 | Express Lines, Inc., as a defendant in this action. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 6 | Dated: _ January 28, 2022 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28