Pedrina v. Chun

987 F.2d 608 25 Fed.R.Serv.3d 421 Raymond PEDRINA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Han Kuk CHUN; Y.Y. Valley Corp.; Tetsuo Yasuda; Robert Carter; Masanori Kobayashi; Yoshinori "Ken" Hayashida; City and County of Honolulu; Frank F. Fasi, Mayor; Hiroshi Kobayashi; Eugene Lum; Nora Lum; Ernest Souza, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15065. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1992. Decided March 4, 1993. Thomas Lavigne, Kaneohe, Hawaii; Anthony P. Locricchio, Kailua, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants. Paul Alston, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing; Robert C. Godbey, Gilbert & Jeynes; Stanley E. Levin; Rodney Veary, Deputy City Atty.; James E. Duffy, Jr., Fujiyama Duffy & Fujiyama; Wallace S. Fujiyama; Mervyn Kotake; Eugene Lum; Robert J. Hackman, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before BROWNING, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in relevant part: 2 [A]n action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of court (i) by…