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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

STERLING D. BROWN, on behalf

of himself and all others similarly situated PLAINTIFF

VS. CASE NO. 05-CV-1068

AMERICA’S CAR MART, INC. DEFENDANT

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff Sterling Brown’s Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Class

Allegations. (Doc. No. 13). The Plaintiff asks the Court to approve the dismissal of his class

allegations set forth in the Amended Complaint in this action. The Defendant has not responded

to the motion. 

This action is a putative class action. In order to voluntary dismiss the class allegations

in this case, the Plaintiff must first obtain court approval. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e). This is true

whether the class has been certified or not. Crawford v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 267 F.3d

760, 764-65 (8 Cir. 2001). In deciding whether to allow the dismissal of the class allegations in th

this case the Court must consider, among other things, the possibility that potential members of

the class would be prejudiced by the dismissal. Id. (internal citation omitted). In this case, there

are other putative class actions against the Defendants pending in this Court (Shelton, et al. v.

America’s Car-Mart, Inc., Case No. 05-CV-1083 and Gordon v. America’s Car-Mart, Inc., Case

No. 05-CV- 1119) of which the potential class members could belong. Therefore, the potential

class members in this case will not be prejudiced by the Plaintiff Sterling Brown proceeding

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against the Defendants individually. Upon consideration, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s motion

should be and hereby is granted. The class allegations contained within Plaintiff Sterling

Brown’s Amended Complaint are hereby dismissed. Plaintiff Sterling D. Brown may proceed

solely with his individual claims against Defendant America’s Car Mart, Inc.

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 28 day of March, 2006. th

 /s/Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes

United States District Judge 

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