Dobbs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 STANLEY DOBBS, Case No. 1:25-cv-01451-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO TERMINATE DEFENDANT EQUIFAX v. INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC 14 LENDING USA, LLC, et al., (ECF No. 12) 15 Defendants. 16 On January 8, 2026, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the action with prejudice as to Defendant Equifax Information Services, LLC, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his action prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.’” Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999), quoting Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). “[A] dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no court order is required, the parties are left as though no action had been brought, the defendant can’t complain,…