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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HUSSEIN ALI,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY, ET 

AL., 

Defendants.

No. 1:16-cv-00409-DAD-EPG

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANTS HUDSON 

INSURANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN 

SAFETY CASUALTY INSURANCE, AND 

PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY 

INSURANCE

(Doc. Nos. 13, 27, 32, 103, 107)

On August 17, 2016, plaintiff Hussein Ali filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without 

prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i) as to defendants Hudson 

Insurance Company, American Safety Casualty Insurance, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance, and 

Western Surety Co.1 (Doc. No. 107.) Under Rule 41(a), a plaintiff may dismiss an action 

without a court order if he or she files “a notice or dismissal before the opposing party serves 

either an answer or a motion for summary judgment” or “a stipulation of dismissal signed by all 

parties who have appeared.” Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(A)(i)–(ii). Here, defendants Hudson 

Insurance Company, American Safety Casualty Insurance, and Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance 

have filed neither an answer nor a motion for summary judgment. However, they have all filed

 

1 Defendant Western Surety Co. has already been dismissed with prejudice pursuant to the court’s 

June 1, 2016 order. (Doc. No. 89.)

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motions to dismiss. (See Doc. Nos. 26, 27 and 103.) “Even if the defendant has filed a motion to 

dismiss, the plaintiff may terminate his action voluntarily by filing a notice of dismissal under 

Rule 41(a)(1).” Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (citing Miller v. Reddin, 

422 F.2d 1264, 1265 (9th Cir. 1970)). Defendants Hudson Insurance Company, American Safety 

Casualty Insurance, and Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance are therefore dismissed from this 

action without prejudice. Moreover, the voluntary dismissal renders the motions to dismiss filed 

on behalf of defendant Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance moot. See id. (“Filing a notice of 

voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the action as to the defendants who 

are the subjects of the notice.”).

Based upon the foregoing,

1) Defendants Hudson Insurance Company, American Safety Casualty Insurance, and 

Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance have been dismissed without prejudice;

2) The clerk of court is directed to terminate defendants Hudson Insurance Company, 

American Safety Casualty Insurance, and Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance from this 

action;

3) The clerk of the court is directed to terminate Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance’s 

motions to dismiss (Doc. Nos. 27 and 103) as having been rendered moot; and

4) The clerk of the court is further directed to terminate motions to dismiss (Doc. Nos. 13 

and 32) by Aegis Security Insurance Company and Western Surety Co., who have 

both already been dismissed from the action, as having been rendered moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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