TGG Management Company, Inc. v. Petraglia

District Court, S.D. California · 3:19-cv-02007 · 2021-01-05 · Unknown

Proceeding: district
Area: civil
Panel: Cynthia Ann Bashant (author)

Analysis

A model's reading — qwen3.8-27b, prompt own-v1, 2026-10-13T23:17Z · confidence high

Plaintiff TGG Management Company, Inc., and Defendant Garrett Tapken filed a joint motion to dismiss TGG's claims against Tapken without prejudice. The court granted the motion, dismissing the claims against Tapken without prejudice and terminating him as a party.

What the court decided	The model
Joint motion to dismiss plaintiff's claims against defendant Garrett Tapken without prejudice is granted. “Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the joint motion. TGG’s action against Tapken is dismissed without prejudice.”	agree with court The court correctly applied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) to grant a joint motion to dismiss without prejudice, which is a standard procedural mechanism for voluntary dismissal by agreement of the parties. The citation to Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service supports the proposition that Rule 41(a) allows for the dismissal of claims against a single defendant.

What the court decided

The model

Joint motion to dismiss plaintiff's claims against defendant Garrett Tapken without prejudice is granted.

“Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the joint motion. TGG’s action against Tapken is dismissed without prejudice.”

agree with court
The court correctly applied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) to grant a joint motion to dismiss without prejudice, which is a standard procedural mechanism for voluntary dismissal by agreement of the parties. The citation to Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service supports the proposition that Rule 41(a) allows for the dismissal of claims against a single defendant.

The order itself: sound — The order is procedurally sound. It correctly identifies the basis for the dismissal (joint motion under Rule 41(a)(2)), cites appropriate Ninth Circuit authority for dismissing a single defendant, and issues the necessary administrative order to terminate the party. There are no gaps in the reasoning for this specific procedural action.

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Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TGG MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Case No. 19-cv-2007-BAS-KSC INC., 12 ORDER GRANTING JOINT Plaintiff, 13 MOTION TO DISMISS v. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS AGAINST 14 DEFENDANT GARRETT TAPKEN JOHN PETRAGLIA, et al., 15 WITHOUT PREJUDICE Defendants. (ECF No. 117) 16 17 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff TGG Management Company, Inc., and Defendant Garrett Tapken filed a 22 joint motion to dismiss TGG’s action against Tapken without prejudice under Rule 41(a)(2) 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 117.) Other Defendants did not object. 24 25 26 27 28 1 Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the joint motion. TGG’s action against 2 || Tapken is dismissed without prejudice.' The Court INSRUCTS the Clerk to terminate 3 || Defendant Garrett Tapken as a party. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 A , 7 || DATED: JANUARY 5, 2020 Lin A (Lyphaa. 6 g United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | See Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687 (9th Cir. 2005) (holding 28 that Rule 41(a) may be applied to dismiss “all claims against one defendant, so that a defendant may be dismissed from the entire action’’). _9.