Williams v. Target Corporation
- Proceeding
- district
- Area
- civil
- Panel
- Cynthia Ann Bashant (author)
Analysis
The parties filed a joint motion to dismiss the action with prejudice pursuant to a stipulation. The court granted the motion and dismissed the case with prejudice.
| What the court decided | The model |
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Granting the Joint Motion to Dismiss and dismissing the action with prejudice“the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion (ECF No. 10) and TERMINATES the parties’ Stipulation (ECF No. 9). Thus, the Court DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the action against Defendant.” | agree with court The court correctly applied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), which allows for voluntary dismissal by stipulation signed by all parties. The parties explicitly stipulated to dismissal with prejudice, overriding the default rule of dismissal without prejudice. The court also correctly noted the local rule requirement (CivLR 7.2) that such stipulations be filed as joint motions, which the parties complied with. The decision follows directly from the procedural rules and the parties' agreement. |
The order itself: sound — The order is procedurally sound. It correctly identifies the applicable federal rule for voluntary dismissal by stipulation, notes the local rule requirement for filing such a stipulation as a joint motion, and honors the parties' explicit agreement to dismiss with prejudice. The reasoning is concise and directly addresses the motion filed.
Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 CRAIG WILLIAMS, Case No. 22-cv-1575-BAS-AGS 14 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING JOINT 15 v. MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No. 9; ECF No. 10) 16 TARGET CORPORATION, 17 Defendant. 18 19 20 21 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Stipulation for Dismissal of Action with 22 Prejudice (ECF No. 9) and a Joint Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 10). Under Rule 41(a)(1), 23 a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss its action by (1) filing a notice of 24 voluntary dismissal before a defendant has filed an answer or moved for summary 25 judgment, or (2) filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. 26 Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A); see also Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th 27 Cir. 1997). Dismissal is effective upon the filing of a compliant notice or stipulation, as 28 described in Rule 41(a)(1)(A), and no court order is required. Stone v. Woodford, No. CIV- 1 || F-05-845 AWI-DLB, 2007 WL 527766 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2007). A dismissal is without 2 || prejudice unless the parties stipulate otherwise. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(B). However, the 3 || local civil rules of this district require that where, as here, litigants seek voluntary dismissal 4 || pursuant to stipulation, in accordance with Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i1), the stipulation of dismissal 5 || must be filed as a joint motion. See CivLR 7.2. 6 Having considered the parties’ submissions, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion 7 || (ECF No. 10) and TERMINATES the parties’ Stipulation (ECF No. 9). Thus, the Court 8 || DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the action against Defendant. Each party shall bear its 9 ||own costs and attorney fees. The Clerk of Court is directed to close the case. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 A , 12 DATED: March 8, 2023 (Yin A (Lyohaa é 13 United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4.