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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:0045 Federal Trade Commission Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEGALFORCE RAPC WORLDWIDE,

P.C.,

Plaintiff,

v.

TRADEMARK ENGINE LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-07303-MMC 

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION, AS 

ALLEGED AGAINST DEFENDANT 

TRAVIS CRABTREE, WITH 

PREJUDICE; STRIKING NOTICE OF 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL; DENYING 

AS MOOT MOTION TO STRIKE AND 

FOR DISMISSAL

By order filed October 31, 2018, the Court granted in part and denied in part 

defendants' motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint. In so doing, the Court 

dismissed, for failure to state a claim, all claims against defendant Travis Crabtree, 

afforded plaintiff leave to amend its claims against him, and set a deadline of November 

16, 2018, for plaintiff to amend. Plaintiff did not amend within the time provided. Rather, 

on November 29, 2018, plaintiff filed a "Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant Travis 

Crabtree" by which it "seeks to dismiss defendant Travis Crabtree from this action without 

prejudice." (See Notice, filed November 29, 2018, at ¶ 1.)

Under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, an order granting a

defendant's motion to dismiss, with limited exceptions not applicable here, "operates as 

an adjudication on the merits." See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Consequently, upon the 

expiration of the above-referenced deadline to amend, the Court's order of October 31, 

2018, operated as a dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff's claims against Travis Crabtree.

Accordingly, the above-titled action, as alleged against Travis Crabtree, is hereby 

DISMISSED with prejudice, and plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of said defendant 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

is hereby STRICKEN.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2018

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

 

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In light of the above, defendant Trademark Engine LLC's "Motion to Strike Notice 

of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant Travis Crabtree and Motion for Dismissal With 

Prejudice," filed December 4, 2018, is hereby DENIED as moot.

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