Vance
Vance v. HII Fleet Support Group LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VERNON KING VANCE, SR., Case No. 21-cv-1282-BAS-WVG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
v. MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No. 18)
HII FLEET SUPPORT GROUP LLC, et
al., 15 Defendants.
The parties have jointly moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims in this action with prejudice (see Compl., ECF No. 1). (Joint Mot., ECF No. 18.) In support of their Joint Motion, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal, signed by all parties who have appeared. (See id.) Under Rule 41(a)(1), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss its action by (1) filing a notice of voluntary dismissal before a defendant has filed an answer or moved for summary judgment, or (2) filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A); see also Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). Dismissal is effective upon…