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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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Order 05CV1259 JLS (WMc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GIL LAWRENCE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LARRY JOHNSON, et al.

Defendants.

GIL LAWRENCE, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

v. 

MIKE PARSONS, et al.

 Defendants.

(Lead) Case No. 05 CV 1259 JLS (WMc) 

(Consolidated) Case No. 05 CV 1404 BEN (RBB)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION OF

PLAINTIFFS GEORGE BISHOP, JANET

BISHOP AND GEORGE AND JANET

BISHOP AS TRUSTEES OF THE BISHOP

LIVING TRUST AND DEFENDANTS FOR

AN ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

Presently before the Court is the joint motion of plaintiffs George Bishop, Janet Bishop and

George and Janet Bishop as Trustees of the Bishop Family Trust (“the Bishops”) and Defendants for

an Order of dismissal without prejudice. The moving parties seek dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure, Rule 41.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, Rule 41 provides:

(A)(1) Subject to the provisions of Rule 23(e), of Rule 66, and of any statute of the

United States, an action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of the court (i)

by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by the party of an answer or of

a motion for summary judgment, whichever first occurs, or (ii)by filing a stipulation of

dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared in the action. Unless otherwise stated

in the notice of dismissal or stipulation, the dismissal is without prejudice....(a)(2)

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Order 05CV1259 JLS (WMc)

Except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subdivision of this rule, an action shall not

be dismissed at the plaintiff’s instance save upon order of the court and upon such terms

and conditions as the court deems proper....(Fed. R. Civ. R. 41.)

Having considered the papers filed in support of the Joint Motion the Court finds that the

moving parties have satisfied the requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 41.

Therefore, the Court hereby GRANTS the Joint Motion of Plaintiffs and Defendants for an

Order of Dismissal. The claims of plaintiffs George Bishop, Janet Bishop and George and Janet Bishop

as Trustees of the Bishop Family Trust (“the Bishops”) against defendants Mike Parsons, Kyro, Inc. a

Texas Corporation and Kyro, Inc. a California Corporation SHALL BE dismissed without prejudice,

with all parties to bear their own attorney’s fees and costs.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 13, 2008

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

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