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Nature of Suit Code: 740
Nature of Suit: Railway Labor Act
Cause of Action: 45:151 Railway Labor Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KEVIN THOMPSON, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 

CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-05127-YGR 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL; GRANTING 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION TO 

RESPOND TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. No. 40, 45 

Plaintiffs Kevin Thompson and Timothy Elam have brought this action against defendant 

National Railroad Passenger Corporation seeking the review and vacatur of an award granted by 

Public Law Board 7680 to plaintiff Elam pursuant to the Railway Labor Act. (Dkt. No. 7 at ¶ 1.)1

 

Now before the Court is plaintiff Thompson’s motion to dismiss his claims against defendant 

voluntarily without prejudice. (Dkt. No. 40.) Because defendant has already filed a motion for 

summary judgment, Thompson may only dismiss the case “by court order, on terms that the court 

considers proper.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). Defendant does not oppose Thompson’s dismissal, 

but requests that the Court dismiss Thompson with prejudice, or, in the alternative, that the Court 

condition Thompson’s ability to commence another action “based on the same claims asserted in 

this action upon the payments of [defendant’s] costs of the current action.” (Dkt. No. 41 at 2.) 

The Court has also reviewed the Stipulated Request filed by plaintiff Thompson requesting that 

the Court allow plaintiff until August 4, 2016 to file a response to defendant’s motion for 

summary judgment. (Dkt. No. 45.) 

Having carefully considered the papers submitted, the Court CONDITIONALLY DISMISSES 

WITH PREJUDICE plaintiff Thompson’s claims against defendant, effective August 8, 2016. The 

 

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 Plaintiff Elam was an employee of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and the 

claimant in the board award, which gives rise to this action. (Dkt. No. 7 at ¶ 2.) Plaintiff 

Thompson acted as plaintiff Elam’s representative in his claim before the board. (Id. at ¶ 3.) On 

May 26, 2016, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing as to plaintiff Thompson 

that plaintiff Thompson lacked standing in this action because he was not aggrieved by the award. 

(Dkt. No. 39 at 7–8.) 

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United States District Court 

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Court GRANTS plaintiff Thompson’s Stipulated Request for an extension to respond to defendant’s 

motion for summary judgment. If plaintiff Thompson files a response to defendant’s motion for 

summary judgment, the Court will deem plaintiff Thompson’s motion to dismiss his claims as 

withdrawn. 

This Order terminates Docket Numbers 40 and 45. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 5, 2016 

______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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