De Los Reyes v. Walmart Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JENNIFER DE LOS REYES, an Case No.: 24-CV-1319 JLS (KSC) individual, 12

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

Plaintiff, 13 PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE vs. OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 25(a) 14

WALMART, INC., a Delaware 15 corporation; WAL-MART

16 ASSOCIATES, INC., a Delaware

corporation; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18

19 On September 17, 2024, the Court received a Notice of Plaintiff’s Death by 20 Plaintiff’s counsel. ECF No. 9. Subsequently, on March 5, 2025, the Court issued an Order 21 requiring Defendants Walmart, Inc. and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (collectively, 22 “Defendants”) to provide the Court with a formal notice of Plaintiff’s death and to serve 23 that notice on Plaintiff’s representative or successor. ECF No. 11 (“Order”). 24 As explained in the Order, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25 establishes the process 25 for moving forward after a party to a civil action has died. Of relevance here, it provides 26 that “[i]f a party dies and the claim…