Mission Gathering Christian Church v. City of San Diego

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MISSION GATHERING CHRISTIAN Case No.: 19cv1967 JM (KSC)

CHURCH,

Plaintiff, ORDER ON NOTICE OF v. VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITH

PREJUDICE

CITY OF SAN DIEGO,

15 Defendant. 16

Plaintiff Mission Gathering Christian Church (“Plaintiff”) requests that the court dismiss the entirety of its Complaint with prejudice. (Doc. No. 21.) Plaintiff styles the request as one brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i), under which a plaintiff may file a notice of dismissal with the court before the defendant serves an answer or motion for summary judgment, whichever comes first. See Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997) (“Once the defendant serves an answer or a motion for summary judgment . . . . the plaintiff may no longer voluntarily dismiss under Rule 41(a)(1), but must file a motion for voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2).”). The court will nonetheless interpret the request to…