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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT HOLSTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA PACIFIC ORTHOPAEDIC 

CENTER MEDICAL GROUP, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00681-KES-SAB

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF 

THE COURT TO TERMINATE

DEFENDANT SIERRA PACIFIC 

ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER MEDICAL 

GROUP, INC. AS A DEFENDANT IN THIS 

ACTION 

(ECF Nos. 17, 18)

On December 20, 2024, Plaintiff filed two notices of dismissal of Defendant Sierra 

Pacific Orthopaedic Center Medical Group, Inc. with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i). (ECF Nos. 17, 18.) Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

allows a party to dismiss some or all of the defendants in an action through a Rule 41(a) notice. 

Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997); see also Concha v. London, 62 

F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The plaintiff may dismiss either some or all of the 

defendants—or some or all of his claims—through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice.”)). 

Defendant Sierra Pacific Orthopaedic Center Medical Group, Inc. has not filed an answer 

or a motion for summary judgment in this action. Under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) a “plaintiff may 

dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing 

party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(i). 

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Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to terminate Sierra Pacific 

Orthopaedic Center Medical Group, Inc. as a defendant in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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