Melo

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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7 ERNEST MELO, Case No. 20-cv-00714-PJH 8 Plaintiff,

9 v. ORDER DENYING RELIEF FROM

RULE 41 DISMISSAL

10 ZUMPER, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 69 11 Defendants. 12

13 14 Before the court is plaintiff Ernest Melo’s (“plaintiff”) motion for relief from Rule 41 15 voluntary dismissal. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral 16 argument. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and 17 the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby DENIES 18 plaintiff’s motion for the following reasons. 19 BACKGROUND 20 On August 22, 2019, plaintiff filed a class action complaint (“Compl.”) against 21 defendants Zumper, Inc. (“Zumper”) and Trade House Data (“Trade House” and, together 22 with Zumper, “defendants”) in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Dkt. 1. 23 The complaint alleges violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et 24 seq.,…