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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAGGIE CAMPBELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

EBAY,INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-02632-HSG 

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 126, 128

Pending before the Court are Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s fourth amended 

complaint for failure to prosecute and Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss her fourth amended complaint 

without prejudice. Both parties agree that the case should be dismissed; they dispute only whether 

the dismissal should be with or without prejudice.

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), a district court may dismiss an action at a 

plaintiff’s request “on terms that the court considers proper.” Such a motion “should be granted 

unless a defendant can show that it will suffer some plain legal prejudice as a result of the 

dismissal.” Hepp v. Conoco, Inc., 97 F. App’x 124, 124 (9th Cir. 2004). “[L]egal prejudice does 

not result merely because the defendant will be inconvenienced by having to defend in another 

forum or where a plaintiff would gain a tactical advantage by that dismissal.” Smith v. Lenches, 

263 F.3d 972, 975 (9th Cir. 2001). Rather, legal prejudice is “prejudice to some legal interest, 

some legal claim, some legal argument.” Id. at 976.

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Defendants have not shown that they will suffer legal prejudice as defined by the Ninth 

Circuit if Plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed without prejudice. Accordingly, the Court DENIES 

Defendants’ motion, GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion, and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

Plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint. The case management conference currently scheduled for 

July 7, 2015, is vacated. The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 2, 2015

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

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