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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332ds Diversity-Contract Dispute

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES LIABILITY

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff and Counterdefendant,

v.

A&B MARKET PLUS INC. dba

CAMPUS LIQUOR AND DELI;

LS&SLG, INC. dba ADAMS AVENUE

LIQUOR; WALL FIRST VENTURE

INC. dba RJ LIQUOR, OB STAR INC.

dba LITICKERS LIQUOR; SAEED

SOMO dba MESA FOOD AND

LIQUOR; LATIF MAROGY dba

SPOTTS LIQUOR and dba SUNRISE

MARKET AND GAS; HANI

SHAMOUN dba MIKE’S MARKET;

NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET

ASSOCIATION, INC.,

Defendants and Counterclaimants.

Case No.: 3:19-cv-00172-GPC-AGS

ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

DISMISSING ACTION.

(ECF Nos. 38, 40.)

On November 5, 2019, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant United States Liability

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Insurance Company filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the instant action against the 

above-captioned Defendants and Counterclaimants. (ECF No. 38.) Plaintiff’s motion was 

invalid as it did not meet the criteria of Plaintiff’s cited rule, Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure (“Rule”) 41(a)(1)(A). Specifically, some Defendants had already filed an 

Answer, (see ECF Nos. 11, 13), and Plaintiff’s motion was not jointly “signed by all 

parties who appeared.” FED. R. CIV. PRO. 41(a)(1)(A). 

On November 11, 2019, the above-captioned Parties jointly moved for voluntary 

dismissal. (ECF No. 40.) This time, all “parties to this action” properly stipulated, “in 

consideration of a negotiated settlement executed by them, to the Dismissal with 

Prejudice, of this action in its entirety, including all claims and counterclaims stated 

herein against all parties, with each party to bear its own attorney’s fees and costs.” (Id. at 

2.) A motion of this kind is self-executing “[w]ithout a Court Order.” FED. R. CIV. PRO.

41(a)(1)(A); see also Cortinas v. Allison, No. 1:19-CV-1244-JLT, 2020 WL 605358, at 

*5 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2020) (noting that “the action then will be terminated by operation 

of law” upon the plaintiff’s filing of a motion for voluntary dismissal).

Nonetheless, to eliminate any potential confusion, the Court hereby DISMISSES

the instant Action with prejudice, for good cause and pursuant to the Parties’ joint 

stipulation, (ECF No. 40), and ORDERS that each Party bear its own attorney’s fees and 

costs.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 19, 2020

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