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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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LAW OFFICES OF 

EDWARD B. CHATOIAN

2607 Fresno Street

Fresno, California 93721

TELEP H O NE (559) 485-0101

FAX (559) 485-7643

EDW ARD B. CHATOIAN II #63957

Attorneys for Plaintiff, CRYSTAL WALDRON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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CRYSTAL WALDRON ,

Plaintiff,

vs.

HI-SPEED CHECK WEIGHER CO.,

INC., and DOES 1 to 20, inclusive.

Defendants.

 

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Case No. CIVF-04-5860 AWI SMS

DISMISSAL OF ENTIRE ACTION

AND ORDER THEREON

Plaintiff CRYSTAL WALDRON shall and hereby does dismiss her Complaint in the

above-captioned matter in its entirety and with prejudice as to all parties pursuant to Rule

41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Dated: February 13, 2006.

LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD B. CHATOIAN

By /s/Edward B. Chatoian____________

 EDWARD B. CHATOIAN II

 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. In Wilson v. City of San Jose, the Ninth Circuit

explained:

Under Rule 41(a)(1), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his

action prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary

judgment. Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (citing Hamilton

v. Shearson-Lehman American Express, 813 F.2d 1532, 1534 (9th Cir. 1987)). A

plaintiff may dismiss his action so long as the plaintiff files a notice of dismissal

prior to the defendant’s service of an answer or motion for summary judgment. The

dismissal is effective on filing and no court order is required. Id. The plaintiff may

dismiss some or all of the defendants, or some or all of his claims, through a Rule

41(a)(1) notice. Id.; Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609-10 (9th Cir. 1993). The

filing of a notice of voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the

action as to the defendants who are the subjects of the notice. Concha, 62 F.2d at

1506. Unless otherwise stated, the dismissal is ordinarily without prejudice to the

plaintiff's right to commence another action for the same cause against the same

defendants. Id. (citing McKenzie v. Davenport-Harris Funeral Home, 834 F.2d 930,

934-35 (9th Cir. 1987)). Such a dismissal leaves the parties as though no action had

been brought. Id.

Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997).

No answers to Plaintiff’s complaint and no motions for summary judgment have been filed in this

case and it appears that no such answers or summary judgment motions have been served. Because

Plaintiff has exercised his right to voluntarily dismiss his complaint under Rule 41(a)(1), this case has

terminated. See Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692.

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED and the Clerk of the Court

is ordered to close this case in light of Plaintiff’s Rule 41(a)(1) Voluntary Dismissal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 15, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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