1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MANNKIND CORPORATION, Case No. 22-cv-1686-BAS-MSB

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE (ECF No. 13) 14 MIRAMAR PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES; and MIRAMAR HEALTH 15

SUPPLY COOPERATIVE, INC.,

16 Defendants. 17

18 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion pursuant to Federal Rule (“Rule”) 19 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) to dismiss with prejudice the instant action. (Joint Mot., ECF No. 13.) 20 Under Rule 41(a)(1)(A, a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss its action by 21 (1) filing a notice of voluntary dismissal before a defendant has filed an answer or moved 22 for summary judgment, or (2) filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who 23 have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A); see also Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 24 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). Dismissal is effective upon the filing of a compliant notice or 25 stipulation, as described in Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), and no court order is required. Stone v. 26 Woodford, No. CIV-F-05-845 AWI-DLB, 2007 WL 527766, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 27 2017). A dismissal is without prejudice unless the parties stipulate otherwise. Fed. R. Civ. 28 P. 41(a)(1)(B). However, the local civil rules in this district require that where, as here, 1 litigants seek voluntary dismissal by filing a signed stipulation pursuant to Rule 2 ||41(a)(1)(A)Gi), such a stipulation must be filed as a joint motion.! 3 Having considered the parties’ request, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion before 4 (ECF No. 13.) Thus, the Court DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the action, with each 5 || party to bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 A , 8 || DATED: April 27, 2023 Lin A (Ayphan 6 9 United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 || ——_—— 28 ' See Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedural Manual, United States District Court for the Southern District of California.