Fox v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 RICK D. FOX, Case No. 1:22-cv-01197-ADA-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE 13 COURT TO TERMINATE TRANS UNION, LLC, v. AS DEFENDANT IN THIS ACTION 14 EXPERIAN INFORMATION (ECF No. 41) 15 SOLUTIONS, INC., et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 On July 18, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal of Defendant Trans Union, 19 LLC, only. (ECF No. 41.) 20 Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a party to dismiss some or all of 21 the defendants in an action through a Rule 41(a) notice. Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 22 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997); see also Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The 23 plaintiff may dismiss either some or all of the defendants—or some or all of his claims—through 24 a Rule 41(a)(1) notice.”)); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687 25 (9th Cir. 2005) (The Ninth Circuit has “only extended the rule to allow the dismissal of all claims 26 against one defendant, so that a defendant may be dismissed from the entire action.”). 27 / / / 28 / / / 1 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to terminate Defendant Trans Union, 2 | LLC, from this action with prejudice. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 5 | Dated: _ July 18, 2023 ‘ 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