Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC LOPEZ, No. 1:20-cv-00649-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS

CITY OF MERCED, et al., DEFENDANT COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PURSUANT TO RULE 41(a)(2) Defendants. (Doc. No. 44)

17 On November 16, 2021, plaintiff filed a request to dismiss defendant County of Los Angeles from this action, without prejudice, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. No. 44.) Therein, plaintiff explains that the parties met and conferred on the issue of whether the County of Los Angeles is properly named as a defendant in this action, and after reviewing the records provided by the County of Los Angeles, plaintiff agreed to voluntarily dismiss the County of Los Angeles as a defendant, without prejudice. (Id. at 2.) Dismissals under Rule 41 are not limited to dismissals of entire actions; a plaintiff may request voluntary dismissal of a defendant from…