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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY LA, Case No. 1:24-cv-01544-SAB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO TERMINATE U.S. BANCORP AS A v. DEFENDANT IN THIS ACTION 13 FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY (ECF No. 19) 14 LLC, et al.,

15 Defendants.

16 On February 14, 2025, Plaintiff filed a notice of dismissal of Defendant U.S. Bancorp with prejudice. (ECF No. 19.) Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a party to dismiss some or all of the defendants in an action through a Rule 41(a) notice. Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997); see also Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The plaintiff may dismiss either some or all of the defendants—or some or all of his claims—through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice.”); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687 (9th Cir. 2005) (The Ninth Circuit has “only extended the rule to allow the dismissal of all claims against one defendant, so that a…