Rang Dong Joint Stock Co. v. J.F. Hillebrand USA, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Rang Dong Joint Stock Company, No. 2:18-cv-03195-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER v. J.F. Hillebrand USA, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Rang Dong Joint Stock Company has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i). See ECF No. 68. Despite arguing in a recent filing 19 that “the courts of Germany have exclusive jurisdiction over [Rang Dong’s] claims,” Suppl. Memo. at 3, ECF No. 67, defendant J.F. Hillebrand opposes dismissal, see ECF No. 69. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), a plaintiff may voluntarily dismiss an action without a court order by filing “a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either 23 an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 (a)(1)(A)(). Here, defendants have not filed an answer or a motion for summary judgment. The court is unpersuaded by 25 Hillebrand’s…