Charman
Charman v. Trinity Solar Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THANE CHARMAN, individually and on Case No. 21-cv-01423-BAS-KSC behalf of all others similarly situated,
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
Plaintiff, MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No. 32) v.
TRINITY SOLAR, INC.,
15 Defendant. 16 On May 24, 2022, the parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal indicating their agreement that the case should be dismissed in its entirety, with prejudice. (ECF No. 32.) Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss its action by filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. See Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). Under this method of voluntary dismissal, dismissal is effective upon the filing of a compliant notice or stipulation, and no court order is required. Stone v. Woodford, No. CIV-F-05-845 AWI-DLB, 2007 WL 527766 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2007). Nonetheless, the local civil rules of this district require that where, as here,…