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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NAUTILUS INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACCESS MEDICAL, LLC; ROBERT 

CLARK WOOD, II; FLOURNOY 

MANAGEMENT, LLC; TED SWITZER; 

and DOES 1-10, inclusive

Defendants.

No. 1:14-cv-01591-GEB-BAM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

WITHOUT PREJUDICE*

Plaintiff moves for an order that effectuates its 

desire to voluntarily dismiss this declaratory relief action 

without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 

41(a)(2). Plaintiff argues this “dismissal . . . will not result 

in plain legal prejudice to any . . . defendant[] named herein.” 

(Mot. for Voluntary Dismissal 3:1-2, ECF No. 28.) 

A Rule 41(a)(2) motion for voluntarily dismissal “is 

addressed to the district court‟s sound discretion.” Stevedoring 

Serv. of Am. v. Armilla Intern. B.V., 889 F.2d 919, 921 (9th Cir. 

1989). “A district court should grant a motion for voluntary 

dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2) unless a defendant can show that it 

will suffer some plain legal prejudice as a result.” Smith v. 

Lenches, 263 F.3d 972, 975 (9th Cir. 2001). “„[L]egal prejudice‟ 

 

* The hearing on February 17, 2015, is vacated since this matter is 

suitable for decision without oral argument. E.D. Cal. R. 230(g).

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means „prejudice to some legal interest, some legal claim, some 

legal argument.‟” Id. at 976 (quoting Westlands Water Dist. v. 

United States, 100 F.3d 94, 97 (9th Cir. 1996)).

It has not been shown that any Defendant will suffer 

plain legal prejudice if the motion is granted. Therefore, this 

action is dismissed without prejudice, and the Clerk of Court 

shall close the action.

Dated: February 12, 2015

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