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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TARLA MAKAEFF, et al., on Behalf

of Herself and All Others Similarly

Situated,

Plaintiffs,

Case No. 10cv0940 GPC (WVG)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF

TARLA MAKAEFF’S MOTION TO

WITHDRAW

[ECF No. 443]

v.

TRUMP UNIVERSITY, LLC, (aka

Trump Entrepreneur Initiative) a New

York Limited Liability Company,

DONALD J. TRUMP, and DOES 1

through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

On March 21, 2016, the Court issued an Order Regarding Plaintiff Tarla

Makaeff’s Motion to Withdraw, ECF No. 472, that:

(1) gave parties’ notice that it intended to grant in part and deny in part Plaintiffs’

Motion to Withdraw Plaintiff Tarla Makaeff’s claims, pursuant to Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), ECF No. 443, but with the conditions that (1)

Defendants were entitled to depose Low again; and (2) appropriate fees and

costs would be determined at a later juncture; and

(2) ordered that if Plaintiffs were not amenable to the conditions imposed by the

Court, Plaintiffs must withdraw their Motion within 7 calendar days of the entry

of the Order.

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ECF No. 472 at 24–25.

The Court subsequently granted parties’ joint motion for a one-day extension to

complete the deposition of Plaintiff Sonny Low. ECF No. 474. Having received no

notice from the Plaintiffs of any intent to withdraw their motion, and having been

notified by the parties telephonically on April 15, 2016 that the deposition of Low was

completed pursuant to the Court’s order, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have complied

with the conditions set forth in the Court’s March 21, 2016 Order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

(1) Plaintiff Tarla Makaeff’s motion to withdraw, ECF No. 443, is GRANTED IN

PART and DENIED IN PART;

(2) Makaeff is hereby excused from her duties as a class representative in this

action;

(3) Makaeff’s remaining claims in theThird Amended Class ActionComplaint, ECF

Nos. 128, 389, 394, are hereby DISMISSED without prejudice, according to the

following terms and conditions:

(a) Pursuant to the parties’ prior stipulation, ECF No. 389, and this

Court’s March 16, 2015 Order, ECF No. 394, Makaeff is a member of

both the Makaeff Class and the Class in the related action, Cohen v.

Trump, No. 3:13-cv-02519-GPC-WVG, asthey are currently defined (see

Makaeff ECF No. 298; Cohen ECF No. 53), and she remains eligible to

take part in any class recovery in either action, if any, based on the current

class definitions; and

(b) Makaeff shall not re-file any action against Defendants in state or

federal court arising out of, or related to, the same facts as alleged in this

action;

(4) The Court will invite briefing on fees and costs in connection with the motion

to withdraw at an appropriate juncture; and

(5) This Court retains jurisdiction to resolve any disputes arising from Makaeff’s

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withdrawal, Defendant Trump University’s counterclaim, and Makaeff’s

eligibility to participate in any class recovery in this action and in Cohen.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 20, 2016

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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