Scott R. Simeral v. Department of the Navy
- Proceeding
- district
- Area
- civil
- Panel
- Cynthia Ann Bashant (author)
Analysis
The court considered the parties' joint motion to dismiss the action with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) and Local Civil Rule 7.2. The court granted the motion, dismissing the action with prejudice and directing the clerk to close the case.
| What the court decided | The model |
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Granting the joint motion to dismiss the action with prejudice“Thus, the Court DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the action against Defendant Honu Management Group, LLC.” | agree with court The court correctly applied the procedural requirements for voluntary dismissal by stipulation under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) and the local rule requiring such stipulations to be filed as a joint motion. The parties explicitly stipulated to dismissal with prejudice, which overrides the default rule of dismissal without prejudice. The court's reliance on the parties' settlement and stipulation is legally sufficient to grant the motion. |
The order itself: sound — The order is procedurally sound. It correctly identifies the applicable federal rule and local rule, cites appropriate authority for the right to voluntary dismissal, and notes that the parties' stipulation to dismissal with prejudice controls the prejudice status of the dismissal. The court's decision follows directly from the parties' joint submission and the cited rules.
How this analysis was made · dispute it
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SCOTT R. SIMERAL, Case No. 25-cv-01097-BAS-BLM 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING JOINT 13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS ENTIRE ACTION WITH PREJUDICE (ECF 14 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, No. 12) 15 Defendant.
16 17 Pending before the Court is Parties’ joint motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 18 Procedure (“Rule”) 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) to dismiss the above-captioned action. (ECF No. 12.) 19 Under Rule 41(a)(1), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss its action 20 by (1) filing a notice of voluntary dismissal before a defendant has filed an answer or 21 moved for summary judgment or (2) filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties 22 who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A); see also Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 23 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). Dismissal is effective upon the filing of a notice or 24 stipulation, as described in Rule 41(a)(1)(A), and no court order is required. Stone v. 25 Woodford, No. CIV-F-05-845 AWI DLB, 2007 WL 527766 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2007). A 26 dismissal is without prejudice unless the parties stipulate otherwise. Fed. R. Civ. P. 27 41(a)(1)(B). However, the local civil rules of this district require that where, as here, 28 1 || litigants seek voluntary dismissal pursuant to stipulation, in accordance with Rule 2 41(a)(1)(A)(a1), the stipulation of dismissal must be filed as a joint motion. See CivLR 7.2. 3 Here, Parties have reached a settlement of disputes underlying the present action. 4 ||(ECF No. 12.) Having considered the parties’ submission, the Court GRANTS the joint 5 ||motion. (Ud.) Thus, the Court DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the action against 6 || Defendant Honu Management Group, LLC. Each party shall bear its own costs and 7 || attorney’s fees. The Court also DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to close the case. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 ~ 10 || DATED: November 19, 2025 (yi. (Doha 1 H n. Cynthia Bashant, Chief Judge United States District Court 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28