Lockhart
Lockhart v. Travelers Commercial Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD LOCKHART and PATRICIA No. 1:21-cv-00268-DAD-SKO
LOCKHART,
12 Plaintiffs, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO v. TERMINATE PLAINTIFF PATRICIA LOCKHART
TRAVELERS COMMERCIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY, (Doc. 51) Defendant. 17 18 On January 27, 2022, Plaintiff1 Patricia Lockhart filed a “Notice of Dismissal Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(a) or (c).” (Doc. 51.) In relevant part, Rule 41(a)(1)(A) provides as follows: [A] plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for 23 summary judgment; or (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A). “The plaintiff may dismiss some or all of the defendants, or some or all of [their] claims, through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice,” and the dismissal “automatically…