Tanis
Tanis v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 SUZANNE TANIS, Case No. 18-cv-2333-BAS-BGS 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO
DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
v. [ECF No. 20] SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CO. et al,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff Suzanne Tanis filed a complaint in San Diego Superior Court against Defendant Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest removed the case to this Court and answered the complaint. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Southwest moved to compel arbitration, which the Court granted and ordered the parties to proceed to arbitration. (ECF No. 16.) A few months later, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, stating she was dismissing her case without prejudice. (ECF No. 17.) Southwest objected to the notice for a few reasons, one being that the case could not be dismissed without a court order. (ECF No. 18.) Indeed, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), the case could not be dismissed without a court order because Southwest had…