Tito
Tito v. Westlake Financial Services, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
APELU L. TITO, Case No. 1:20-cv-01262-NONE-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET
v. TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, (ECF No. 8) Defendant.
16 This action was filed on September 4, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) On December 3, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice and with each party to bear their own costs and attorney fees pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) 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)). The Ninth Circuit has held that Rule 41(a) allows a plaintiff to dismiss without a court order any defendant who has yet to…