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Parties Involved:
E*Trade Securities LLC
Defendant
Josh Mangini
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

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KABATECK BROWN KELLNER LLP

Richard L. Kellner, SBN 171416 

 (rlk@kbklawyers.com) 

Alfredo Torrijos, SBN 222458 

 (at@kbklawyers.com) 

644 South Figueroa Street 

Los Angeles, California 90017 

Tel: (213) 217-5000/Fax: (213) 217-5010 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Josh Mangini 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSH MANGINI, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

E*TRADE SECURITIES L.L.C., a 

Delaware Limited Liability Company; 

and Does 1 through 250, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

No. CV 07-05264-SI 

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO FED. 

R. CIV. P. 41(a)(1) 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Josh Mangini (“Plaintiff”), through his counsel 

of record, hereby voluntarily dismisses his claims, without prejudice, pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1), as follows: 

WHEREAS, this putative class action for breach of contract was filed in 

California Superior Court for the County of San Mateo on September 13, 2007; 

WHEREAS, on October 16, 2007 defendant E*Trade Securities LLC 

(“Defendant”) filed a Notice of Removal to federal court; 

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WHEREAS, on November 2, 2007 Defendant filed a Motion to Transfer this 

action to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; 

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2007 Plaintiff filed a Motion to Remand this 

action to state court; 

WHEREAS, on January 11, 2008 Defendant withdrew its Motion to Transfer 

this action to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; 

WHEREAS, on January 24, 2008 Defendant advised Plaintiff’s counsel that if 

Plaintiff dismissed the present action without prejudice and refiled the lawsuit in 

California Superior Court for the County of San Diego, Defendant would not remove 

that action to federal court; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and his counsel have decided to voluntarily dismiss the 

individual claims of Plaintiff without prejudice; 

WHEREAS, no defendant has answered or otherwise responded to Plaintiff’s 

complaint and no defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment; 

WHEREAS, under Federal rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), Plaintiff is 

entitled to dismiss this action on his own initiative: 

Subject to the provisions of Rule 23(e), of Rule 66, and 

any statute of the United States, an action may be 

dismissed by the plaintiff without order of the court (i) by 

filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by 

the adverse party of an answer or of a motion for 

summary judgment... 

WHEREAS, this case involves putative class claims; 

WHEREAS, the putative class has not been certified and Plaintiff has not filed 

a motion for class certification; 

WHEREAS, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 23(e)(1)(A) is inapplicable 

to the instant dismissal as Rule 23(e) was amended in 2003 to resolve the ambiguity 

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in the former Rule 23(e)’s reference to dismissal of “a class action” see 2003 

Advisory Committee Notes, and now provides: 

The court must approve any settlement, voluntary 

dismissal, or compromise of the claims, issues, or 

defenses of a certified class.

Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 23(e); see e.g., Cook v. WMC Mortgage Corp., No. 06-535, 2006 

WL 2873439, at *1 (S.D. Ill Oct. 5, 2006) (permitting voluntary dismissal of putative 

class action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(i) and discussing Rule 23 

amendments);

 WHEREAS, no prejudice to absent putative class members will result from 

dismissal of this action, because a class has not been certified and the dismissal will 

not affect their rights; 

 WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(1)(B) is inapplicable to the 

instant dismissal as none of the absent putative class members would be bound. Fed. 

R. Civ. Pro. 23(e)(1)(B); see also 2003 Advisory Committee Notes (“notice is not 

required when the settlement only binds the individual class representatives”); and 

WHEREAS, no notice need be sent to absent putative class members, because 

a class has not been certified, the case is in its infancy, the case has not been widely 

publicized and no absent putative class member will be bound by the voluntary 

dismissal of Plaintiff’s claims. 

 THEREFORE, Plaintiff hereby dismisses this action without prejudice. 

Dated: January_24, 2008 KABATECK BROWN KELLNER LLP 

By: /s/ ALFREDO TORRIJOS 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Josh Mangini 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE 

I, Alfredo Torrijos, hereby certify that on January 24, 2008, I caused the 

foregoing document titled NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 41(a)(1) to be electronically filed and served 

upon the persons named below via the ECF system.

This document is available for review and downloading from the EFC system. 

Attorneys for Defendant E*Trade Securities LLC

Charles Michael Schaible 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

101 California Street 

5th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

(415) 693-2000 

David A. Vogel 

Douglas Paul Lobel 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH, LLP 

One Freedom Square 

Reston Town Center 

11951 Freedom Drive, 

Reston, VA 20190-5656 

(703) 456-8000 

Dated: January 24, 2008 By: / s/ 

 ALFREDO TORRIJOS 

 KABATECK BROWN KELLNER LLP 

 Counsel for Plaintiff and the proposed class

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