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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Geraldine M. Reiniger, et vir.,

 Plaintiffs,

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W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., et al.,

 Defendants.

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No. CV-09-8185-PCT-PGR

 

 ORDER

On May 19, 2010, the plaintiffs filed a Motion to Stay Discovery and

Dismiss Without Prejudice (doc. #36), wherein they request that the Court enter

an order pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(2) dismissing this action without

prejudice and without costs. The Court finds that a court order approving the

requested dismissal is neither necessary nor proper; since no answer or motion

for summary judgment has been served of record by any defendant, the plaintiffs’

document, properly construed as a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to

Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), automatically effected the dismissal of this action

without prejudice upon being filed, leaving no role for the Court to play.

Commercial Space Management Co., Inc. v. The Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d

1074, 1077-78 (9th Cir.1999); American Soccer Co., Inc. v. Score First

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Enterprises, a Division of Kevlar Industries, 187 F.3d 1108, 1110; Wilson v. City

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

IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall treat Plaintiffs’ Motion to

Stay Discovery and Dismiss Without Prejudice (doc. #36) as a notice of voluntary

dismissal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i).

DATED this 1st day of June, 2010.

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