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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARRELL YOUNG, Case No. 21-cv-1280-BAS-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PARTIES

v. JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No. 21) TARGET CORPORATION,

Defendant. 16 Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to dismiss this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 41(a)(2) in light of their execution of a negotiated settlement agreement resolving this matter in its entirety. (Mot., ECF No. 21.) “Except as provided in Rule 41(a)(1), an action may be dismissed at the plaintiff’s request only by court order, on terms that the court considers proper.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). “The Ninth Circuit has long held that the decision to grant a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2) is addressed to the sound discretion of the [d]istrict [c]ourt[.]” Hamilton v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 679 F.2d 143, 145 (9th Cir. 1982) (citing, inter alia, Sams v. Beech Aircraft Corp., 625…